Notes from the Edges: Theological Intonations

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Micro Eschatology from the Edges. 2. Life @ Eschata. 3. The Neoliberal Virus and Systems View of Life. 4. Sacramentality of Slowing Down. 5. We-"INTER" – are. 6. God in the Backyard. 7. Infinite Debt and the "We" Factor. 8. Kids Kindling Kin[g]dom Cues. 9. Holiness, a.k.a Life Intensity. 10. The Art of Exit. 11. Travel as Resistance. 12. Re-imagining the Maternal. 13. Ark of Intimacy. 14. Eucharistic Third Space. 15. Diakonia: Practice of Death and Resurrection. 16. Easter: Counter Speech and Alter Life. 17. Heart-Art-Re-start. 18. Trans-letting the Message. 19. Uncharted Terrains in Pastoral Theology. 20. On Era(s)sing the Caste. 21. Interfaith Imperatives: Postcolonial Lens-ing. 22. Christmas-Moments of Missional Re-imagination. 23. God-Talk during the Pandemic. 24. Silence and Linguistic Debt. 25. Facing the Facelessness. 26. Eshoing Eco-spirit. 27. Subaltern Mysticism. 28. Dwelling in the Thickness. 29. "I Can't Breathe;" A Call for Micro-Pneumatology. 30. Tikkun ha-Olam: Repairing the World. 31. Can the "Religious" Speak Again? Bibliography. This is an anthology of thirty-one erudite theological essays on various themes primarily written in the pandemic context, attempting to unplug the social-edges through the lens of scripture and radical Christian faith. These reflective notes uncover the social and scriptural edges and externalize the radical silence that dwells on edges and margins. As creative theological intonations, these notes replete with mystical experiences, poetical scribblings, and creative imaginations, shadowing the author’s ontological questions, healing-journey and processual becomings.…