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Foundations for Mission, Dec 2012
This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant i... more This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant issues in contemporary missiology whilst understanding how they are applied in particular contexts. Contributors from across the globe and from different Christian traditions explore foundations for mission. The chapters examine in what ways experience, the Bible, and theology are foundational for mission and how they together inform the missional thought of different traditions. The book also raises questions about the continued use of foundations as a helpful metaphor mission reflection and impetus. Graduate students and scholars surveying the field will find this a useful and accessible way to understand changing trends within mission studies.
In fulfilling the long-awaited need for a constructive and critical rethinking of Dalit theology ... more 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 reasons for this lacuna between Dalit theology and the Church's praxis, Rajkumar suggests, lie in the content of Dalit theology, especially the biblical paradigms explored, which do not offer adequate scope for engagement in praxis.
This book provides an introduction to theological thought on the Asian continent. It is ecumenica... more This book provides an introduction to theological thought on the Asian continent. 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 will capture the ongoing conversation on Asian theology, incorporating new emphases, thrusts and trends, thus making the book a fresh and engaging introduction to Christian theology in Asia.
Papers by Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar
The Ecumenical Review, 2016
The Character of Christian-Muslim Encounter, 2000
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, 2011
The Ecumenical Review 64.4 , Dec 2012
The Expository Times, Jan 1, 2007
... 2 Zoe C. Sherinian, 'Dalit Theology in Tamil Christian Folk Music: A Transformative ... more ... 2 Zoe C. Sherinian, 'Dalit Theology in Tamil Christian Folk Music: A Transformative Liturgy by James Theophilus Appavoo', in Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey (eds ... 39 VT Raj Shekhar, The Black Untouchables of India (Atlanta, GA, Ottawa: Clarity Press, 1987), p. 49. ...
The Ecumenical Review, Jan 1, 2008
Teaching Theology & Religion, Jan 1, 2010
This essay considers Christian theological education in South Asia highlighting pertinent issues ... more This essay considers Christian theological education in South Asia highlighting pertinent issues in pedagogical content, form, method, and praxis. Debunking the notion of students as "empty bottles" to be filled, and criticizing the top-down model of education, the paper argues that theological education is an ongoing and interactive process in which students and teachers are participants who share and reflect upon each other's faith and socio-cultural experiences. Participants reject, test, negotiate, and choose -while remaining open to the variety that is embodied in different human experiences. The paper stresses the relationship between the theological college and the church and calls for mutual responsibility, respect, and accountability. In an increasingly communal and fundamentalist atmosphere that poses a threat to multi-culturalism, the role of the laity in shaping theological education is highlighted and public debate is encouraged. The paper calls for interactive and dialogic learning. A version of this paper was published in Ministerial Formation 100 : 5-16.
Political Theology, Jan 1, 2010
This essay analyses the role of the Bible in Dalit liberation in a context where Dalit theology, ... more This essay analyses the role of the Bible in Dalit liberation in a context where Dalit theology, despite being increasingly recognized as an academic theology, hasn't been effective practically in either sustaining the Dalits in their struggles for liberation or in challenging the ...
Dalit theology and dalit liberation RAJKUMAR Peniel.
Foundations for Mission, Dec 2012
This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant i... more This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant issues in contemporary missiology whilst understanding how they are applied in particular contexts. Contributors from across the globe and from different Christian traditions explore foundations for mission. The chapters examine in what ways experience, the Bible, and theology are foundational for mission and how they together inform the missional thought of different traditions. The book also raises questions about the continued use of foundations as a helpful metaphor mission reflection and impetus. Graduate students and scholars surveying the field will find this a useful and accessible way to understand changing trends within mission studies.
In fulfilling the long-awaited need for a constructive and critical rethinking of Dalit theology ... more 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 reasons for this lacuna between Dalit theology and the Church's praxis, Rajkumar suggests, lie in the content of Dalit theology, especially the biblical paradigms explored, which do not offer adequate scope for engagement in praxis.
This book provides an introduction to theological thought on the Asian continent. It is ecumenica... more This book provides an introduction to theological thought on the Asian continent. 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 will capture the ongoing conversation on Asian theology, incorporating new emphases, thrusts and trends, thus making the book a fresh and engaging introduction to Christian theology in Asia.
The Ecumenical Review, 2016
The Character of Christian-Muslim Encounter, 2000
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, 2011
The Ecumenical Review 64.4 , Dec 2012
The Expository Times, Jan 1, 2007
... 2 Zoe C. Sherinian, 'Dalit Theology in Tamil Christian Folk Music: A Transformative ... more ... 2 Zoe C. Sherinian, 'Dalit Theology in Tamil Christian Folk Music: A Transformative Liturgy by James Theophilus Appavoo', in Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey (eds ... 39 VT Raj Shekhar, The Black Untouchables of India (Atlanta, GA, Ottawa: Clarity Press, 1987), p. 49. ...
The Ecumenical Review, Jan 1, 2008
Teaching Theology & Religion, Jan 1, 2010
This essay considers Christian theological education in South Asia highlighting pertinent issues ... more This essay considers Christian theological education in South Asia highlighting pertinent issues in pedagogical content, form, method, and praxis. Debunking the notion of students as "empty bottles" to be filled, and criticizing the top-down model of education, the paper argues that theological education is an ongoing and interactive process in which students and teachers are participants who share and reflect upon each other's faith and socio-cultural experiences. Participants reject, test, negotiate, and choose -while remaining open to the variety that is embodied in different human experiences. The paper stresses the relationship between the theological college and the church and calls for mutual responsibility, respect, and accountability. In an increasingly communal and fundamentalist atmosphere that poses a threat to multi-culturalism, the role of the laity in shaping theological education is highlighted and public debate is encouraged. The paper calls for interactive and dialogic learning. A version of this paper was published in Ministerial Formation 100 : 5-16.
Political Theology, Jan 1, 2010
This essay analyses the role of the Bible in Dalit liberation in a context where Dalit theology, ... more This essay analyses the role of the Bible in Dalit liberation in a context where Dalit theology, despite being increasingly recognized as an academic theology, hasn't been effective practically in either sustaining the Dalits in their struggles for liberation or in challenging the ...
Dalit theology and dalit liberation RAJKUMAR Peniel.