Dalitekklesia : a church from below /
Raj Bharat Patta.
- Delhi : Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; [(c)2020. Singapore : Council for World Mission, (c)2020.
- xxxi, 160 pages ; 22 cm.
- Reimagining church as event : perspectives from the margins .
Foreword -- Colin Cowan -- Introduction -- Praveen P.S. Perumalla -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Part 1. The Locality of Dalitekklesia : Peta. chapter 1. Can we talk about caste in our church? -- chapter 2. The locality of Dalit Peta : mission discourses -- chapter 3. Listening to Ambedkar at our Peta : cast out caste -- chapter 4. Pain, pathos and Peta : A.P. Nirmal's Dalit theology -- Part II. The locus of Dalitekklesia : perspectives. chapter 5. Multiple identities of Dalit Christians : perspectives and possibilities -- chapter 6. When my grandma Annamma, Martin Luther and Pope Francis meet : a conversational reflection on reformation -- chapter 7. Dalits, Palestinians and tribal Adivasis in their quest for common struggle -- Part III. The localisation of Dalitekklesia : public witness. chapter 8. Remembering Ilavarasan, interrogating casteism : reimagining Christian public witness in India -- chapter 9. Fighting impunity : the saga of a victim of torture : reflection on Esther 1 -- chapter 10. When a thirsty Hagar speaks... : based on genesis 21:8-21 -- chapter 11. To Paul : a letter from Onesimus in response to Philemon 1 -- Afterword -- N. Paul Divakar.
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Theology, Doctrinal--India. Dalits--Religion.--India Dalits--Social conditions.--India Christian converts--Social conditions.--India Caste--India. Church work with people with social disabilities--India. Marginality, Social--Religious aspects--Christianity.