Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread misconceptions and interpretations of Christianity in Asia. They analyze how the growth of Christian beliefs throughout the continent is linked with the socio-political and cultural processes of colonization, decolonization, modernization, democratization, identity construction of social groups, and various social movements. With a particular focus on inter-religious encounters and emerging theological and spiritual paradigms, the volume provides alternative frames for understanding the phenomenon of conversion and studies how the scriptures of other religious traditions are used in the practice of Christianity within Asia. The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia draws insightful conclusions on the historical, contemporary, and future trajectory of its subject by combining the contributions of scholars in a wide variety of disciplines, including theology, sociology, history, political science, and cultural studies. It will be an invaluable resource for understanding Christianity in a global context.

This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of religious identities in the Global South. Drawing on literature in various fields, Felix Wilfred analyzes how religious identities intersect with the processes of globalization, modernity, and postmodernity. He illustrates how the study of religion in the Global North often revolves around questions of secularism and fundamentalism, whereas a neo-Orientalist quality often attends study of religion in the Global South. These approaches and theorizing fail to incorporate the experiences of lived religion in the South, especially in Asia. Historically, the religions in the South have played a highly significant role in resistance to the domination by the colonial forces, an important reason for the continued attachment of the peoples of the South to their religious universe. This book puts the two regions and their scholarly norms in conversation with one another, exploring the social, political, cultural, and economic implications.

This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of religious identities in the Global South. Drawing on literature in various fields, Felix Wilfred analyzes how religious identities intersect with the processes of globalization, modernity, and postmodernity. He illustrates how the study of religion in the Global North often revolves around questions of secularism and fundamentalism, whereas a neo-Orientalist quality often attends study of religion in the Global South. These approaches and theorizing fail to incorporate the experiences of lived religion in the South, especially in Asia. Historically, the religions in the South have played a highly significant role in resistance to the domination by the colonial forces, an important reason for the continued attachment of the peoples of the South to their religious universe. This book puts the two regions and their scholarly norms in conversation with one another, exploring the social, political, cultural, and economic implications.

Editorial Bishops and Theologians: Tensions Old and New Part One: Contexts Magisterium and Theology in Africa ELOI MESSI METOGO The Magisterium and Asian Theologians GEORG EVERS Church, Theology and Magisterium in Latin America AGENOR BRIGHENTI Magisterium and Theology: Principles and Facts ANDRES TORRES QUEIRUGA Theologians and Bishops: Good Procedures Promote Collaboration JAMES A. CORIDEN Teaching as Learning: An Asian View PETER C. PHAN Part Two: Theological Forum Introduction: Silence in the Church Relations between Truth, Authority, Power and Sacredness in the Church LUIZ CARLOS SUSIN Terrifying Internal Problems. What Theology has to Say about Lies SOLANGE LEFEBVRE The Silence of the Church in Croatia FRANO PRCELA OP 'Many sources are still inaccessible' HUBERT WOLF, NORBERT RECK A Tribute to Paul Burns

Concilium is an international theological journal published five times a year in five languages. With its origins in the renewal of Catholic theological thinking following the Second Vatican Council, "Concilium" draws together a wide range of the best of current leading theological writers from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. It is a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted firmly in the Catholic heritage, open to other Christian tradition and the world's faiths. Each issue of "Concilium" focuses on a theme of crucial importance and the widest possible concern for our time. "Eco-Theology" shows how theologians from around the world engage with the question of how to respond to the global ecological crisis and the natural and human-made disasters resulting from it. Topics include: 'Earth as Gaia - An Ethical and Spiritual Challenge' (Leonardo Boff), 'Ashes and Dust: On (not) Speaking about God Ecologically' (Anne Elvey), 'Toward and Inter-religious Eco-theology' (Felix Wilfred), 'Learning from the Earth: Reflections on Theological Education and the Ecological Crisis' (John Clammer), and 'Ethical Management of Natural Resources' (Jayapaul Azariah).

Introduction. Theology in a world of specialization / Erik Borgman, Felix Wilfred -- The social background to the process of differentiation in society and the life worlds of human beings / Karl Gabriel -- Theology in the modern university : whither specialization? / Felix Wilfred -- Theology and religious studies in an age of fragmentation / Sheila Greeve Davaney -- 'Many have undertaken-- and I too decided' : the one story or the many? / Elaine Wainwright -- Theological ethics without theology : assessing theological-ethical reflection of moral challenges posed by pluralism in relation to theology / Christoph Baumgartner -- Church history without God or without faith? / Willem Frijhoff -- From shaken foundations to a different integrity : spirituality as response to fragmentation / Mary Grey -- Theologies of the South : incarnate and holistic / Diego Irarrazabal -- Who framed Clodovis Boff? : revisiting the controversy of 'theologies of the genitive' in the twenty-first century / Marcella Althaus-Reid -- Theology in relation to the natural sciences / Palmyre Oomen -- Theology and the social sciences / Richard H. Roberts -- Saving doctrine : towards a theology of health and medicine / Stephan van Erp -- Theology : discipline at the limits / Erik Borgman.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology. Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers from all over the world.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology. Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers from all over the world