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Journal Article
Emerging Theology on an Asian Frontier: History and the Future of Memories in West Papua, Indonesia
2011
Overview
Given its minority status throughout much of Asia, Christianity's history and resilience in the region warrant a re-examination of the contemporary expressions of Christian theology in its wider Asian context. How are pre-Christian religious and cultural practices drawn up into contemporary expressions of Christianity? In periods of conflict and crisis, what particular sources of strength are employed by Christian minorities? This paper highlights the various roles that memory plays in the lives of West Papuans as a source of theologizing in their subjugated context. The chapter suggests that West Papuans employ primarily fives types of memories (embodied, ecological, storied, passionate, and redemptive) that provide guidance, insight, and an understanding of God with them. By highlighting the teasing out the continuities and discontinuities of Christianity and local traditions in West Papua, Indonesia, this paper underscores elements of an emerging Christian theology from an Asian frontier. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Brill Academic Publishers, Inc
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