The Christ Who Embraces

An Orthodox Theology of Margins
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70361-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reihe: Theology and Mission in World Christianity

Jacob Joseph's book, The Christ who Embraces: An Orthodox Theology of Margins, explores the intersection of Orthodox Christian mission and caste dynamics among St. Thomas/Syrian/Orthodox Christians in India. It defines a liturgical touch or embrace in the context of 'untouchability,' where people identify as equal without discrimination, reflecting the inseparable unity of Christ's transcendental (divine) and immanent (human) nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joseph, Jacob

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1 A Problem of Liturgy

2 Orthodox Mission, Culture and Caste

3 Orthodoxy in India, Dalit Embrace, Confusions

4 A Problem and Future Ahead

5 Liturgy, Body and Politics

6 Dalit Theology, Christology, and Embrace

7 Dalit Theology, Exclusivism and Methodology

8 Chapter-by-Chapter Outline

2 The Problem of ‘the Other’: A Historical and Theological Query among the St. Thomas Christians in India

1 Introduction

2 St. Thomas Christian Identity, Way to Dominance, and Religious Exclusivism

3 Transcendental Brahmanic God and Immanent Human (Atman)

4 Douglas and Harper: Purity and Pollution, towards Caste Expression

5 Varna System, Untouchability and Traditional Christianity

6 Orthodox Christians and Caste System: Mor Gregorios, Mor Osthatheos, Ninan Koshy, and C.J.Fuller

7 St. Thomas Christians: Re-visiting the History, a Caste Lens

8 Re-visiting the Transcendental—Immanent Binary: Y.T.Vinayraj on the Missiological Other

9 Conclusion

3 Rejecting the Dominant Answers: Envisioning a Theology of Margins

1 Introduction

2 Caste Solutions: Western Missionaries and Conversion Movements

3 Caste and Syrian Solution: Patriarch PeterIII, Mor Gregorios Chathuruthil, Mor Osthatheos Pathros

4 Indian Christian Theology and Orthodox Theologians: Mor Gregorios Paulose, Mor Osthatheos Geevarghese

5 Indian Christian Theology, Early Teachers, and a Journey towards Liberation

6 Dalit Liberation and Dalit Theology: New Goal in Indian Christian Theology

7 Dalit Christian Body: Offered Transcendence?

8 The Epistemology of Dalit Theology

9 Conclusion

4 Christ’s Dalit Body: Immanent and Transcendent Dalit Christology

1 Introduction

2 A General Note on Dalit Christology: A Liberator-Servant

3 Arvind P.Nirmal and an Immanent Dalit God

4 Sathianathan Clarke: A Cosmic Christology

5 Paniel Rajkumar: Dalit Christology as an Ethical-Theological Engagement

6 Conclusion

5 ‘One Nature’: Transcendent and Immanent Miaphysite Christology

1 Introduction

2 Miaphystie Christology in India: An Introductory Note

3 Cyril of Alexandria: Beacon to Severus’ Immanent Nature

4 Severus’ One-Nature Christology: Humanisation of God

5 A ‘Royal Road’ Christology: An Immanent and Transcendent Approach

6 Sufferings: Julian’s Incorruptible Body of Christ and Severus’ Corruptible Body

7 Severus Verses Julian: Human Sin and Corruptibility

8 Beyond Cyril: Christ’s Personhood and Consubstantiality with Human Suffering

9 Conclusion

6 Christ’s Embrace, Reconciliation, and Mission as Liturgy in the Liturgy

1 Introduction

2 Touch to the Untouched: The Dalit and Orthodox Christological Act

3 The Orthodox Concept of the Material: Some Miaphysite Voices

4 Can Orthodoxy Think Immanence? Pantelis Kalaitzidis and Mor Geevarghese Coorilose

5 Liturgical Embrace: An Inclusive Miaphysite Christological Vision

6 Liturgical Inclusiveness of Christ’s Embrace: Vision of Early Syriac Teachers

7 Reconciliation: A Practical Dalit-Orthodox Embrace of Liturgy in the Liturgy

8 Conclusion

7 Touch (Embrace) as Mission: A Synergy of Liturgy

Appendix

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jacob Joseph Ph.D. (2020), University of Divinity, Melbourne Australia, lectures in Patristics and contemporary theology of mission at St Athanasius College at the University of Divinity, Melbourne Australia, Agora University, Virginia USA, and Malankara Syrian Orthodox Seminary, Kerala, India. He has presented a number of papers on Orthodoxy, Liturgy, Mission, and Theology at various national and international academic conferences.