How can India--a land of intense poverty as well as unparalled spirituality--be liberated? Where do the sources for its liberation lie?Leave the Temple brings together writings that weigh the practical and theoretical problems of hermeneutic "pre-understandings" of the socio-political situation in South Asia. Is the challenge of social transformation and human liberation one in which people must "leave the temple" to embrace the freeing insights of secularization? Or does leaving the temple--to find God in the world of suffering humanity--provide a richness and empowerment that secular models of the human future cannot replace?Contributors include Walter Fernandes, on a socio-historical perspective for liberation theology in India and on bhakti; Yvon Ambroise on oppression and liberation in Indian society; Ignatius Puthiadam on trends in Hindu thought; T. K. John on liberation theology and Gandhian praxis; George M. Soares-Prabhu on the liberative pedagogy of Jesus; Xavier Irudayaraj on interiority and liberation; Samuel Rayan on caste; Sebastian Kappen on social crisis and liberation; Michael Amaladoss on liberation as an interreligious project; and Felix Wilfred on the Catholic Church's participation in the liberation of India.

Leave the Temple: Indian Paths to Human Liberation

Religion & Spirituality

Wilfred, Felix

Christian Books & Bibles

Wipf and Stock

Religious Identities and the Global South: Porous Borders and Novel Paths (New Approaches to Religion and Power)

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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

For a Socially Engaged Faith

Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

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