Asian and Oceanic Christianities in conversation : exploring theological identities at home and in diaspora / / edited by Heup Young Kim, Fumitaka Matsuoka and Anri Morimoto.

• Superior document: Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations ; no. 47
• TeilnehmendeR: Kim, Heup Young.; Matsuoka, Fumitaka.; Morimoto, Anri.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations ; no. 47.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The old contrast between “universal” and “local” is now collapsing, but a new paradigm has yet to be defined. The contributors claim that the questions they raise will help redraw the lines of demarcation each in a unique way. Their collaborative result is a re-submission of the century-old question regarding “the essence of Christianity,” and the readers will hear answers to this question resounding in polyphonic voices. The book will make a unique contribution to the scholarship by constructing a common forum connecting diasporic Asians and Oceanians who live and work in regions around the Pacific Ocean. Publication in the field of theology has been thick on the American side of the Pacific, and the agenda of discussion are shaped largely in accordance with the concerns of those living on the North-American continent and in British Isles. Theologians living on the other side of the Pacific, while in daily contact with the multi-religious realities that beg theological attention, sometimes lack means of engaging in sustained discussion with other theologians who are similarly struggling to gain insights into different cultural contexts. This book will provide a shared ground for reflection and discussion.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Preface -- An Overview: Asian and Oceanic Christianity in an Age of World Christianity / M. Thomas Thangaraj -- An Asian Journey Seeking Christian Wholeness: Owning Up to Our Own Metaphors (Theotao) / Heup Young Kim -- Contextualized and Cumulative: Tradition, Orthodoxy and Identity from the Perspective of Asian Theology / Anri Morimoto -- An Asian Christian? Or a Christian Asian? Or an Asian-Christian?: A Roman Catholic Experiment on Christian Identity / Peter C. Phan -- Texts and Terrorism: Communal Strife, Sacred Scriptures and Secular Stories / R.S. Sugirtharajah -- The Economy of God-talk in Asia: A Cultural Materialist Critique / Angela Wai Ching Wong -- Pacifism: its Frustration and an Alternative / Hisako Kinukawa -- The Guide Who Stands Aside: Confessing Christ in India Today / J. Jayakiran Sebastian -- Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Search for an East Asian Reading / Benoît Vermander -- Reimagining Home: a Diasporic Perspective on Encounters with the Religious Other in Australia / Seforosa Carroll -- Emerging Theology on an Asian Frontier: History and the Future of Memories in West Papua, Indonesia / Charles E. Farhadian -- Pasifika Secrets / Jione Havea -- Learning to Speak a New Tongue: Imagining a Way That Holds People Together / Fumitaka Matsuoka -- About the authors -- Index of Names.