Dalit Theology after Continental Philosophy / by Y.T. Vinayaraj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinayarāj, Vai. T̲t̲i, Author.

Series:

Postcolonialism and Religions, 2946-2320

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Religion and sociology.

Feminist theology.

Liberation theology.

Philosophy of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

Feminist Theology.

Liberation Theology.

Local Subjects:

Philosophy of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

Feminist Theology.

Liberation Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

This book, steeped in the traditions of both postcolonial theory and Continental philosophy, addresses fundamental questions about God and theology in the postcolonial world. Namely, Y.T. Vinayaraj asks whether Continental philosophies of God and the 'other' can attend to the struggles that entail human pain and suffering in the postcolonial context. The volume offers a constructive proposal for a Dalit theology of immanent God or de-othering God as it emerges out of the Lokayata, the Indian materialist epistemology. Engaging with the post-Continental philosophers of immanence such as Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, Catherine Malabou, and Jean-Luc Nancy, Vinayaraj explores the idea of a Dalit theology of God and body in the post-Continental context. The book investigates how there can be a Dalit theology of God without any Christian philosophical baggage of transcendentalism. The study ends with a clarion call for Indian Christian Theology to take a turn toward an immanence that ispolitical and polydoxical in content. Y.T. Vinayaraj teaches Theology at the Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth and Nav Jyoti Post-Graduate Research Centre (NJPGRC), New Delhi, India. He holds a PhD from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA, and is an ordained minister of the Mar Thoma Church. His research areas are Continental philosophy, cultural hermeneutics, and Dalit theology. .

Contents:

Introduction

1. God as the 'Transcendent Other': A Critical Engagement with "The Theological Turn"

2. Spivak and the 'Subordinated Other': The "Third World Turn" in Continental Philosophy

3. God, Human, and Creation: Spivak and Postcolonial Theologies

4. De-Othering God: Dalit Theology after Continental Philosophy

Conclusion. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319312682

3319312685