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Migration Theologies

The image is of Rev. Dr. Miguel De La Torre from the Juicy Ecumenism website. The article titled, ““I don’t want your hospitality. I want my damn house back,” argues that “churches aiming to show ‘hospitality’ to immigrants offer ‘the worst thing you could ever say or do’,” because the hospitality offered is out of… Migration Theologies

Māori Theologies

The image is of the main altar in St. Joseph’s Church, Hiruharama (Jerusalem), Whanganui River, New Zealand. Photo taken by Robert Thomson. It is part of the “Hehu Karaiti: Jesus Christ of the Māori” blog post on The Jesus Question. Anderson, Jean. “Redeeming the Redeemer Representations of an Indigenous Christ in James K. Baxter’s ‘The… Māori Theologies

Asian Christologies

The image is “Meredakan Angin Ribut (Calm The Storm)” by Ketut Lasia (Bali) Alangaram, A. Christ of the Asian Peoples: Towards an Asian Contextual Christology: Based on the Documents of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2001. Amaladoss, Michael. The Asian Jesus. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2006. Asis, Michael Demetrius H. “Toward A… Asian Christologies

Pasifika Theologies

The image is of a Siapo mamanu (tapa cloth), 1890s, Samoa (Te Papa, Wellington) Bird, Cliff. “Together Towards Life and Contemporary Pacific Theology.” In Ecumenical Missiology: Changing Landscapes and New Conceptions of Mission, edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Jooseop Keum, Kyriaki Avtzi, and Roderick R. Hewitt, 507–18. Oxford; Geneva: Regnum; WCC, 2016. Boseto, Leslie. “Do… Pasifika Theologies

Latin American Christologies

The image is a Mural in Cochabamba (Bolivia) Catholic Catechetical Centre, Cadeca Althaus-Reid, Marcella. “Do Not Stop the Flow of My Blood: A Critical Christology of Hope Amongst Latin American Women.” Studies in World Christianity 1, no. 2 (1995): 143–59. Boff, Leonardo. “Christ’s Liberation via Oppression: An Attempt at Theological Construction From the Standpoint of Latin America,”… Latin American Christologies

Liberationist Christologies

The image is “Station 15: Triumph of Life” (1992) from the “Stations of the Cross from Latin America 1492-1992” or “Latin American Via Crucis” by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina.   See the rather comprehensive collection, which has been made available for free: International Theological Commission of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, ed.… Liberationist Christologies

Ancestor Christologies

The image is “The Resurrection of Jesus“, station 15 of the Stations of the Cross located in Lodwar Cathedral, Kenya Afeke, B., and P. Verster. “Christianisation of Ancestor Veneration Within African Traditional Religions: An Evaluation.” In die Skriflig 1 (2004): 47-61. Bediako, Kwame. “Jesus in the African Culture: A Ghanaian Perspective.” In Emerging Voices in… Ancestor Christologies

Indigenous Christologies

The image is “Sundancer Christ” by Fr. John Guiliani Clarke, Clifton R. “Towards a Post-Missionary Oral Christology Among African Indigenous Churches in Ghana.” Journal of Asian Mission 6, no. 2 (2004): 245–64. Donaldson, Laura E. “Native Women’s Double Cross: Christology from the Contact Zone.” Feminist Theology 10, no. 29 (2002): 96–117. Lin, Hong-Hsin. “The Identification… Indigenous Christologies