The Trinity in Bahujan Context - Couverture souple

Rao Sj, Ghattamaneni Malleswara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9349684551 ISBN 13 : 9789349684553

Editeur : Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2025

Synopsis

In a world fractured by inequality, exclusion, and caste-based discrimination, how can the Christian doctrine of the Trinity speak with relevance and power? Dr. Malleswararao Ghattamaneni offers a bold contextual reimagining of the Trinity through the lived experiences and struggles of India's Bahujan communities. Drawing on the insights of social trinitarianism, particularly Leonardo Boff's theology, maintaining continuity with classical, doctrinal understanding of the Trinity, and engaging deeply with the socio-political realities of caste, this book, The Trinity in Bahujan Context: Reimagining Divine Communion for India, retrieves and reinterprets the concept of perichoresis-the mutual indwelling of the divine Persons-as a dynamic paradigm for unity-in-diversity, relational equality, and liberative action. With scholarly precision and pastoral sensitivity, the author develops a Bahujan model of the Trinity that resonates with the values of collective solidarity, resistance to oppression, and inclusive community. More than a doctrinal study, The Trinity in Bahujan Context is a theological manifesto for the Indian Church and a resource for anyone seeking to understand how classical Christian doctrines can inspire transformative praxis in contexts of systemic injustice. This book will be of interest to theologians, clergy, seminarians, social activists, and all who desire to see theology engage with the pressing realities of the modern world, especially in South Asia and other contexts of structural inequality.

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À propos de l'auteur

Malleswararao Ghattamaneni, SJ (known as Jayaraju) is a lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Theology, Jnana Deepa (JD), Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Theology, Pune. He teaches courses in Theological Anthropology and Trinitarian Theology. He holds an MSc in Statistics (Nagarjuna University, Andhra), a Licentiate in Systematic Theology (JD, Pune), and a Doctorate from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, California, USA. His research explores liberative and praxis-oriented approaches to Trinitarian Theology, Christology, and Theological Anthropology in socio-political contexts in India and beyond.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9349684551
• ISBN 13: 9789349684553
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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