The Book of Jeremiah as Case Study in Asian Contextual Theology
The past decades have seen many calls for Asian contextual theology thais both recognizably Asian and true to the Bible’s message. Given the lack of consensus on how to do such theology, however, the present study proposes that the Old Testament itself provides a worthy example to follow. Using the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Asia journal of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-37 |
RelBib Classification: | BG World religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament KBM Asia |
Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Islam B Jeremiah B Folk Religion B Contextualization B Asian theology B Hinduism B Old Testament |
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Summary: | The past decades have seen many calls for Asian contextual theology thais both recognizably Asian and true to the Bible’s message. Given the lack of consensus on how to do such theology, however, the present study proposes that the Old Testament itself provides a worthy example to follow. Using the book of Jeremiah as a case study, it is suggested that the prophet’s engagemenwith the historical situation and theological issues of the sixth century BCE— fatalism, the identity of the divine vis-à-vis monism, prosperity theology, and cosmic suffering—offers a hermeneutical model for engaging modern Asian religious issues such as Islam, Hinduism, folk religion, and Buddhism. |
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ISSN: | 2815-1828 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Asia journal of theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.54424/ajt.v35i1.2 |