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Dalit theology and Dalit liberation : problems, paradigms and possibilities / Peniel Rajkumar.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studiesPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780754697770
  • 0754697770
  • 0754665135
  • 9780754665137
  • 1282524690
  • 9781282524699
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dalit theology and Dalit liberation.DDC classification:
  • 230.086/940954 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1155 .R345 2010eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Answering some questions : the why, what and how of Dalit theology -- Questioning some answers : critical analysis of Dalit theology -- The way forward -- A Christian ethical framework of action -- Revisiting Dalit christology -- Rethinking agency, re-signifying resistance -- Re-configuring Dalit praxis : re-imagining the other.
Summary: 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.

Answering some questions : the why, what and how of Dalit theology -- Questioning some answers : critical analysis of Dalit theology -- The way forward -- A Christian ethical framework of action -- Revisiting Dalit christology -- Rethinking agency, re-signifying resistance -- Re-configuring Dalit praxis : re-imagining the other.

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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.