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The project of developing a contextual theology for the Caribbean
was first articulated in the early 1970s in Trinidad and Jamaica.
In the years since, many evangelical churches and theologians in
the Caribbean have been ambivalent about the validity of this
project, assuming that an emphasis on context was somehow
antithetical to the pure gospel. But the crisis of the times, along
with a more mature hermeneutic, has led to a re-evaluation of this
assumption. Here a group of evangelical Caribbean theologians enter
the discussion, with substantive proposals for how the gospel
addresses the Caribbean context. They are joined by other
theologians from mainline Protestant and Catholic traditions in the
Caribbean. The result is an ecumenical dialogue on the diverse ways
in which orthodox Christian faith may provide both challenge and
hope for the Caribbean context. Half the essays in this volume were
originally presented at the Forum on Caribbean Theology held in
2010 at the Jamaica Theological Seminary; the rest were invited
especially for this volume. "This edited set of papers on Caribbean
theology represents a significant addition to the published
literature in the area. . . . This is a very welcome addition not
simply to Caribbean theological thought, but Caribbean thought in
general." --Hon. Omar Davies, Minister of Transport, Works &
Housing "I would encourage the reader to be engaged by each of the
contributors in this volume. They write from both 'at home' and in
diaspora. In each case, they attempt to say the right thing at the
right time (kairos) within the context of an emerging Caribbean
Christian theology and within a postcolonial framework. I heartily
commit this volume to the reader's thoughtful and prayerful
consideration. I do so with the ardent hope that it will help spur
all readers on to meaningful transformation, whether in thought,
word, or deed, and in both the church and the Caribbean as a
whole." --From the Foreword by Gosnell L. Yorke J. Richard
Middleton is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at
Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New
York. His books include A New Heaven and a New Earth (2012), The
Liberating Image (2005), Truth Is Stranger than It Used to Be
(1995), and The Transforming Vision (1984). Garnett Roper is
Lecturer in Theology and President of the Jamaica Theological
Seminary in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a widely known commentator on
social and religious issues throughout the Caribbean.
Empires rise and expand by taking lands and resources and by
enslaving the bodies and minds of people. Even in this modern era,
the territories, geographies, and peoples of a number of lands
continue to be divided, occupied, harvested, and marketed. The
legacy of slavery and the scapegoating of people persists in many
lands, and religious institutions have been co-opted to own land,
to gather people, to define proper behavior, to mete out salvation,
and to be silent. The contributors to People and Land, writing from
under the shadows of various empires-from and in between Africa,
Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania-refuse to be silent.
They give voice to multiple causes: to assess and transform the
usual business of theology and hermeneutics; to expose and
challenge the logics and delusions of coloniality; to tally and
demand restitution of stolen, commodified and capitalized lands; to
account for the capitalizing (touristy) and forced movements of
people; and to scripturalize the undeniable ecological crises and
our responsibilities to the whole life system (watershed). This
book is a protest against the claims of political and religious
empires over land, people, earth, minds, and the future.
Empires rise and expand by taking lands and resources and by
enslaving the bodies and minds of people. Even in this modern era,
the territories, geographies, and peoples of a number of lands
continue to be divided, occupied, harvested, and marketed. The
legacy of slavery and the scapegoating of people persists in many
lands, and religious institutions have been co-opted to own land,
to gather people, to define proper behavior, to mete out salvation,
and to be silent. The contributors to People and Land, writing from
under the shadows of various empires—from and in between Africa,
Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania—refuse to be
silent. They give voice to multiple causes: to assess and transform
the usual business of theology and hermeneutics; to expose and
challenge the logics and delusions of coloniality; to tally and
demand restitution of stolen, commodified and capitalized lands; to
account for the capitalizing (touristy) and forced movements of
people; and to scripturalize the undeniable ecological crises and
our responsibilities to the whole life system (watershed). This
book is a protest against the claims of political and religious
empires over land, people, earth, minds, and the future.
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