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Troubling (Public) Theologies

Spaces, Bodies, Technologies

Edited by Jione Havea - Contributions by Peter Cruchley; Jasmine Devadason; Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar; Emmanuel Garibay; Aruna Gogulamanda; Lalmuanpuii Hmar; Jione Havea; Michael N. Jagessar; Brian Fiu Kolia; Maria Fe (Peachy) Labayo; Anna Jane Lagi; John Robert Lee; Stephen Lim Chin Ming; Su Chi Lin; Mutale Mulenga Kaunda; Park Iljoon; Raj Bharat Patta; Chad Rimmer; Karen Georgia A. Thompson and Shiju Sam Varughese

Theologies, no matter their designations, are public measures—they disclose as well as gauge the publics (near and far) on which they stand, sit, lie, or fall. Because publics shift and mingle, theologies require reimagining, relocating, and embracing fresh insights and energies. The insights and energies embraced in this work are in three clusters: spaces, bodies, and technologies. The spotlighted spaces are in Africa, Asia, Black America, the Caribbean, and Pasifika—beyond the eyes of mainline theologies; the privileged bodies have survived, with scars from empire and missionary positionings; and the welcomed technologies include Dalit, indigenous, art, poetry, cyborg, and the novel. This collection is troubling in several ways: first, reimagining and relocating are troubling acts upon their subject matter—here, public theologies. On that note, what theology is not public? Second, this work takes theologies in general, and not just the theologies that carry the “public” designation, to be public theologies. Third, this work takes theologies in general to be inherently troubling. In other words, theologies that are not troubling are not public enough.

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Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 238 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-9787-1440-3 • Hardback • February 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-9787-1441-0 • eBook • February 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Theology in the Age of Empire
Subjects: Religion / Theology, Religion / General, Social Science / Technology Studies

Jione Havea is research fellow with Trinity Methodist Theological College (Aotearoa New Zealand) and with the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (Charles Sturt University, Australia).

1.Haunting Lazarus: John 11:1–12:11

Jione Havea

2.Dare to Hear

Aruna Gogulamanda, Anna Jane Lagi, John Robert Lee, Chad Rimmer, Karen Georgia A. Thompson

rereading (from) public spaces

3.The Bible in Public Places: A Zambian Pentecostal Woman’s Critique of Rev Sumaili’s Use of the Bible

Mutale Mulenga-Kaunda

4.Quest for Life: A Postcolonial Dalit Feminist Reading of Qoheleth

Jasmine Devadason

5.Engaging Death Publicly: Rereading John 11:38–44 in the Philippines

Maria Fe (Peachy) Labayo

6.Uncovering Mālie in the Bible: Humoring Public Spaces

Brian Fiu Kolia

rereading (with) missioned bodies

7.Reimagining Mission in the Context of British Colonial Rule in Mizoram

Lalmuanpuii Hmar

8.Deposing “Massa Jesus”: “Magnificat” Moments Amongst a Colonial Mission Archive

Peter Cruchley

9.Brit(ish) Public Liberation Theology: An (Im)migrant’s Proposal

Raj Bharat Patta

10.Rising to Life: A Syrophoenician Woman Invites Jesus to Do Public Theology

Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar

rereading (across) broad technologies

11.Technology, Caste-bodies and Labour: Thinking with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Leisure

Shiju Sam Varughese

12.Political Theology of Inter-carnation: Being-Human in the Development of Science and Technology

Park, Iljoon

13.Aboriginal Mural of Atayal and Ethics of Sight

Su-Chi Lin

14.Does the Wind Speak? An Aeolian Listening to Ruach in Exodus 1–18 with Fairoz Ahmad’s Interpreter of Winds (2019)

LIM Chin Ming Stephen

unending

15.Rise Up and Stir: Doing Theology in Public Spaces

Michael N. Jagessar

Theologies that discern and radically engage (DARE) life will trouble traditional theological positions, perspectives, and biases. This book is a valuable resource for discerning and radical theologies. I appreciate the space it gives to Dalit bodies, wisdom, and visions to radicalize the doing of (public) theologies.


— Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, University of Divinity, Australia


The shift in the geographic centre of gravity in global Christianity is also leading towards a shift in where academic centres of excellence in doing theology are located. This series ‘Theology in the Age of Empire’, and this volume in particular, signal such a shift and thus trouble Eurocentric perceptions in ‘mainstream’ public theology. It questions long-standing distinctions between mission and the missioned, uncovering and recovering the Bible, bodies and land, art and technology, resistance and softness, beginnings and endings. Remarkably, it does so through a sense of humor and celebration.


— Ernst M. Conradie, University of the Western Cape (South Africa)


Troubling (Public) Theologies

Spaces, Bodies, Technologies

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Theologies, no matter their designations, are public measures—they disclose as well as gauge the publics (near and far) on which they stand, sit, lie, or fall. Because publics shift and mingle, theologies require reimagining, relocating, and embracing fresh insights and energies. The insights and energies embraced in this work are in three clusters: spaces, bodies, and technologies. The spotlighted spaces are in Africa, Asia, Black America, the Caribbean, and Pasifika—beyond the eyes of mainline theologies; the privileged bodies have survived, with scars from empire and missionary positionings; and the welcomed technologies include Dalit, indigenous, art, poetry, cyborg, and the novel. This collection is troubling in several ways: first, reimagining and relocating are troubling acts upon their subject matter—here, public theologies. On that note, what theology is not public? Second, this work takes theologies in general, and not just the theologies that carry the “public” designation, to be public theologies. Third, this work takes theologies in general to be inherently troubling. In other words, theologies that are not troubling are not public enough.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
    Pages: 238 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-9787-1440-3 • Hardback • February 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
    978-1-9787-1441-0 • eBook • February 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Theology in the Age of Empire
    Subjects: Religion / Theology, Religion / General, Social Science / Technology Studies
Author
Author
  • Jione Havea is research fellow with Trinity Methodist Theological College (Aotearoa New Zealand) and with the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (Charles Sturt University, Australia).

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • 1.Haunting Lazarus: John 11:1–12:11

    Jione Havea

    2.Dare to Hear

    Aruna Gogulamanda, Anna Jane Lagi, John Robert Lee, Chad Rimmer, Karen Georgia A. Thompson

    rereading (from) public spaces

    3.The Bible in Public Places: A Zambian Pentecostal Woman’s Critique of Rev Sumaili’s Use of the Bible

    Mutale Mulenga-Kaunda

    4.Quest for Life: A Postcolonial Dalit Feminist Reading of Qoheleth

    Jasmine Devadason

    5.Engaging Death Publicly: Rereading John 11:38–44 in the Philippines

    Maria Fe (Peachy) Labayo

    6.Uncovering Mālie in the Bible: Humoring Public Spaces

    Brian Fiu Kolia

    rereading (with) missioned bodies

    7.Reimagining Mission in the Context of British Colonial Rule in Mizoram

    Lalmuanpuii Hmar

    8.Deposing “Massa Jesus”: “Magnificat” Moments Amongst a Colonial Mission Archive

    Peter Cruchley

    9.Brit(ish) Public Liberation Theology: An (Im)migrant’s Proposal

    Raj Bharat Patta

    10.Rising to Life: A Syrophoenician Woman Invites Jesus to Do Public Theology

    Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar

    rereading (across) broad technologies

    11.Technology, Caste-bodies and Labour: Thinking with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Leisure

    Shiju Sam Varughese

    12.Political Theology of Inter-carnation: Being-Human in the Development of Science and Technology

    Park, Iljoon

    13.Aboriginal Mural of Atayal and Ethics of Sight

    Su-Chi Lin

    14.Does the Wind Speak? An Aeolian Listening to Ruach in Exodus 1–18 with Fairoz Ahmad’s Interpreter of Winds (2019)

    LIM Chin Ming Stephen

    unending

    15.Rise Up and Stir: Doing Theology in Public Spaces

    Michael N. Jagessar

Reviews
Reviews
  • Theologies that discern and radically engage (DARE) life will trouble traditional theological positions, perspectives, and biases. This book is a valuable resource for discerning and radical theologies. I appreciate the space it gives to Dalit bodies, wisdom, and visions to radicalize the doing of (public) theologies.


    — Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, University of Divinity, Australia


    The shift in the geographic centre of gravity in global Christianity is also leading towards a shift in where academic centres of excellence in doing theology are located. This series ‘Theology in the Age of Empire’, and this volume in particular, signal such a shift and thus trouble Eurocentric perceptions in ‘mainstream’ public theology. It questions long-standing distinctions between mission and the missioned, uncovering and recovering the Bible, bodies and land, art and technology, resistance and softness, beginnings and endings. Remarkably, it does so through a sense of humor and celebration.


    — Ernst M. Conradie, University of the Western Cape (South Africa)


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