The Christ who Embraces : An Orthodox Theology of Margins /

Jacob Joseph's book, The Christ who Embraces: An Orthodox Theology of Margins , explores the intersection of Orthodox Christian mission and caste dynamics among St. Thomas/Syrian/Orthodox Christians in India. It defines a liturgical touch or embrace in the context of 'untouchability,'...

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Main Author: Joseph, Jacob (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 33.

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Call Number: BR128.H5

Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1 A Problem of Liturgy
  • 2 Orthodox Mission, Culture and Caste
  • 3 Orthodoxy in India, Dalit Embrace, Confusions
  • 4 A Problem and Future Ahead
  • 5 Liturgy, Body and Politics
  • 6 Dalit Theology, Christology, and Embrace
  • 7 Dalit Theology, Exclusivism and Methodology
  • 8 Chapter-by-Chapter Outline
  • 2 The Problem of 'the Other': A Historical and Theological Query among the St. Thomas Christians in India
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 St. Thomas Christian Identity, Way to Dominance, and Religious Exclusivism
  • 3 Transcendental Brahmanic God and Immanent Human ( Atman )
  • 4 Douglas and Harper: Purity and Pollution, towards Caste Expression
  • 5 Varna System, Untouchability and Traditional Christianity
  • 6 Orthodox Christians and Caste System: Mor Gregorios, Mor Osthatheos, Ninan Koshy, and C.J.Fuller
  • 7 St. Thomas Christians: Re-visiting the History, a Caste Lens
  • 8 Re-visiting the Transcendental-Immanent Binary: Y.T.Vinayraj on the Missiological Other
  • 9 Conclusion
  • 3 Rejecting the Dominant Answers: Envisioning a Theology of Margins
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Caste Solutions: Western Missionaries and Conversion Movements
  • 3 Caste and Syrian Solution: Patriarch Peter III , Mor Gregorios Chathuruthil, Mor Osthatheos Pathros
  • 4 Indian Christian Theology and Orthodox Theologians: Mor Gregorios Paulose, Mor Osthatheos Geevarghese
  • 5 Indian Christian Theology, Early Teachers, and a Journey towards Liberation
  • 6 Dalit Liberation and Dalit Theology: New Goal in Indian Christian Theology
  • 7 Dalit Christian Body: Offered Transcendence?
  • 8 The Epistemology of Dalit Theology
  • 9 Conclusion
  • 4 Christ's Dalit Body: Immanent and Transcendent Dalit Christology
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A General Note on Dalit Christology: A Liberator-Servant
  • 3 Arvind P.Nirmal and an Immanent Dalit God
  • 4 Sathianathan Clarke: A Cosmic Christology
  • 5 Paniel Rajkumar: Dalit Christology as an Ethical-Theological Engagement
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 5 'One Nature': Transcendent and Immanent Miaphysite Christology
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Miaphystie Christology in India: An Introductory Note
  • 3 Cyril of Alexandria: Beacon to Severus' Immanent Nature
  • 4 Severus' One-Nature Christology: Humanisation of God
  • 5 A 'Royal Road' Christology: An Immanent and Transcendent Approach
  • 6 Sufferings: Julian's Incorruptible Body of Christ and Severus' Corruptible Body
  • 7 Severus Verses Julian: Human Sin and Corruptibility
  • 8 Beyond Cyril: Christ's Personhood and Consubstantiality with Human Suffering
  • 9 Conclusion
  • 6 Christ's Embrace, Reconciliation, and Mission as Liturgy in the Liturgy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Touch to the Untouched: The Dalit and Orthodox Christological Act
  • 3 The Orthodox Concept of the Material: Some Miaphysite Voices
  • 4 Can Orthodoxy Think Immanence? Pantelis Kalaitzidis and Mor Geevarghese Coorilose
  • 5 Liturgical Embrace: An Inclusive Miaphysite Christological Vision
  • 6 Liturgical Inclusiveness of Christ's Embrace: Vision of Early Syriac Teachers
  • 7 Reconciliation: A Practical Dalit-Orthodox Embrace of Liturgy in the Liturgy
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 7 Touch (Embrace) as Mission: A Synergy of Liturgy
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.