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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815940203321

Autore

Rajkumar Peniel

Titolo

Dalit theology and Dalit liberation [[electronic resource] ] : problems, paradigms and possibilities / / Peniel Rajkumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2010

ISBN

1-315-57580-9

1-317-15493-2

1-317-15492-4

1-282-52469-0

9786612524691

0-7546-9777-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

New critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies

Disciplina

230.086

230.086/940954

230.086940954

Soggetti

Christianity - India

Dalits - India - Religion

Liberation theology - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Answering Some Questions - The Why, What and How of Dalit Theology; 2 Questioning Some Answers - Critical Analysis of Dalit Theology; 3 The Way Forward; 4 A Christian Ethical Framework of Action; Reading for Liberation; 5 Revisiting Dalit Christology; 6 Rethinking Agency, Re-signifying Resistance; 7 Re-configuring Dalit Praxis - Re-imagining the Other; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In fulfilling the long-awaited need for a constructive and critical rethinking of Dalit theology this book offers and explores the synoptic healing stories as a relevant biblical paradigm for Dalit theology in order to help redress the lacuna between Dalit theology and the social practice of the Indian Church. Peniel Rajkumar's starting point is that the growing influence of Dalit theology in academic circles is



incompatible with the praxis of the Indian Church which continues to be passive in its attitude towards the oppression of the Dalits both within and outside the Church. The theological