1st Edition

Asian Christianity and Theology Inculturation, Interreligious Dialogue, Integral Liberation

By Edmund Kee-Fook Chia Copyright 2022
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of Asian Christianity and Theology, with emphasis on how it has developed in different parts of the continent and in the different eras, especially since the end of colonialism in Asia. Asian Theology refers to a unique way of theological reflection characterized by specific methodologies that evolved in postcolonial Asia. Premised on the thinking... Read more

Introduction

1 Asian Culture and Religions

2 History of Christianity in Asia

3 Asian Theological Methodologies

4 Asian Theology of Inculturation

5 Asian Theology of Interreligious Dialogue

6 Asian Theology of Liberation

7 Asian Biblical Hermeneutics

8 Christianity Engages the Asian Religions

9 Asian Women’s Theology

10 Pentecostalism in Asia

Biography

Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, originally from Malaysia, is research fellow at St Vincent School of Theology, Adamson University (Philippines). He previously taught at the Catholic Theological Union (Chicago) and the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne) and, prior to that, headed the interreligious dialogue office (Thailand) of the Asian Bishops' Conferences.