Asian theology on the way
Subtitle: Christianity, culture, and context
By: edited by Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar
Edition: Fortress Press edition.
Series: SPCK international study guide
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781451499667
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Christianity and culture; Theology; Christianity
Description: In this exciting volume, Peniel Rajkumar has assembled the work of nearly twenty prominent Asian theologians, making their writings accessible to the introductory level student. The result is an ideal introduction to the wealth of Asian theologies and the major questions they raise. It is ecumenical in scope with emphasis on the contemporary concerns within Asian theology and some attention to the development of these theologies.Regional and subject specialists capture the ongoing conversation, incorporating new emphases and trends, thus making the book a fresh introduction to Christian theology in Asia. (Publisher).
Notes: Previously published: London : SPCK, 2012. in the series SPCK international study guide.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Asian furrows sprung ... : Christian theology in Asia / by Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar; title: Part 1. Asian Christian theology: birds'-eye views of the furrows.; title: The task, method and content of Asian theologies / Sathianathan Clarke; title: Interfaith dialogue and Christian theology in Asia / Edmund Kee-Fook Chia; title: Asian Christian liberation theology / Philip Vinod Peacock; title: Cross-textual hermeneutics in Asia / Archie Chi Chung Lee; title: Part 2. Fighting foreign fertilizers in the furrows.; title: Postcolonial Asian feminist theologies / Kwok Pui-lan; title: From Orientalism to postcolonial: notes on reading practices / Rasiah S. Sugirtharajah; title: Postcolonialism and Hong Kong Christianity / Wai Ching Angela Wong; title: Asian christologies: a postcolonial reconstruction / C.I. David Joy; title: Part 3. New seeds in the furrows.; title: Between a rock and a hard place: an Asian theology of survival / Gemma Tulud Cruz; title: Indigenous theology in Asia: issues and perspectives / Wati Longchar; title: Pentecostalism in Asia / Sunder John Boopalan; title: Part 4. Worms'-eye views of the furrows.; title: Minjung theology: whose voice, for whom? / Sebastian Kim; title: Devious devotion to Christ: the making of Indian christologies / Joseph Prabhakar Dayam; title: Contextual Christian theologies in China prior to 1950 / Lawrence Braschi; title: Dalit theology: the 'untouched' touching theology / Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar.