Indian Theologies : In Search of Methods and Models for Theologizing

Contents: Introduction. 1. Theological Method in Vatican II/Kurien Kunnumpuram. 2. Theological Method in the Indian Context/Errol Aloysius D'Lima. 3. Cultural Constructions of Indian Christian Theology : Exploring its Presuppositions and Implications/V. Sebastian. 4. Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation for India/Selva Rathinam. 5. Towards an Interreligious Dialogical Theologizing in India : ItsPresuppositions, Prerequisites and Implications/Joseph Lobo.6. Implications of People's History for a Theological Method in India/Thomas Kuriacose. 7. A Feminist Theological Method for India : Dance of Emancipation, Empowerment and Enabling/Evelyn Monteiro. 8. Relevance of Oriental Theological Method : For Developing an Inculturated Indian Theological Method/George Thomas Kallunkal. 9. Reading the Bible in the Indian/Asian Context/Rekha M. Chennattu. 10. Methods and Models of Education : Reflections on Re-Visioning the Teaching and Learning Process/Mathew Jayanth. This book is the fruit of a Seminar on Indian theological methods held at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune. In addition to providing tools for theologizing in the Indian context, this promotes reflection on important dimensions of theologizing enriched by the feminist, interreligious, oriental and postcolonial perspectives, as also its consequences and processes. The advancement of efficient communication of theology is facilitated. All in all, it is a must read by the students, teachers and scholars of theology, alike. (jacket).…