An Asian theology of liberation. (1988)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Theologie der Befreiung in Asien.
• Further Information: Note: Aloysius Pieris.
• Other Names: Pieris, Aloysius
• Contents: FOREWORD; PREFACE; I: POVERTY AND LIBERATION; 1. SPIRITUALITY IN A LIBERATEVE PERSPECTIVE; Liturgy versus Spirituality; Spirituality versus Secular Involvement; Secular Involvement versus Liturgy; 2. TO BE POOR AS JESUS WAS POOR?; Spirituality as a Struggle to Be Poor; Spirituality as a Struggle for the Poor; 3. IDEOLOGY AND RELIGION: SOME DEBATABLE POINTS; Problems of Definition; Crossing the Boundary; II: RELIGION AND LIBERATION; 4. ASIA''S NON-SEMITIC RELIGIONS AND THE MISSION OF LOCAL CHURCHES; Perspectives and Clarifications; Concrete Issues. The Way toward Ecclesiological Revolution: The Double Baptism in Asian Religion and Poverty5. WESTERN MODELS OF INCULTURATION: APPLICABLE IN ASIA?; The Greco-Roman Models of Inculturation: Not Applicable in Asia; The North European Model of Christianization: Too Late in Asia; The Monastic Paradigm: An Approximation to the Asian Mentality; 6. SPEAKING OF THE SON OF GOD IN NON-CHRISTIAN CULTURES; The Two Christological Perspectives in Asia Today; Two Perspectives for a Christology in Asia Today; III: THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION IN ASIA; 7. TOWARD AN ASIAN THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION. Toward a Definition of the Religio-Cultural DimensionNon-Christian Soteriology: Some Theological Perspectives; The Asian Sense in Theology; Conclusions; 8. THE PLACE OF NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS AND CULTURES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIRD WORLD THEOLOGY; Theology of Religions: Current Boundaries of Orthodoxy; Toward a Third World Theology of Religions; 9. A THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION IN ASIAN CHURCHES?; Valid Theology and the Local Church: The Dilemma of Asian Catholics; Roman Christianity and the Stoic Perception of ""Liberation""; The Elitist Concept of the ""Liberated Person"" The Biblical Perspective: The Messianic Role of the MassesAsian Theology and the Religiousness of the Poor; POSTSCRIPT-ASIA''S SEARCH FOR CHRIST: A SCRIPTURAL MEDITATION; NOTES; PUBLICATIONS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 1988
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 144 pages)
• Subjects: 261.8; Liberation theology; Christianity -- Asia; Christianity and other religions; RELIGION -- Christianity -- General; RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues; Christianity; Christianity and other religions; Liberation theology; Religion; Bevrijdingstheologie; Asia -- Religion; Asia; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567640277; 0567640272
• Related ISBNs: 0567291588; 9780567291585
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-142).; Note: Print version record.
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