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

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...

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Superior document:Studies in world Christianity and interreligious relations ; no. 47
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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.
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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.