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Dalits, Shame, and Salvation
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In doing so, Dalits, Shame, and Salvation counters the tendency in Western constructive theology to overlook both complex human feelings (or affects) and "contextual" theologies from world Christianity. Conversing with Lutheran thought and a variety of other sources, Andrew Ronnevik shows how Dalit theology and affect theory generate full-bodied accounts of shame, dignity, and communion, and he argues that these affective themes flesh out Christian understandings of sin and salvation in distinctive and crucial ways. Shame, the affective counterpart of sin, isolates and denigrates, marking the fundamental problem for oppressed Dalits and others. As Dalit Christians testify, God saves from shame through the affective gifts of dignity and communion. Dignity, given in creation and redemption, generates feelings of inestimable, inviolable worth for persons and their communities. Communion, experienced in the Lord's Supper and beyond, extends dignity across boundaries of caste and culture, producing mutual recognition and delight. Shame endures, but dignity and communion, grounded in Christian hope, empower Dalits and all of us to live with courage, faith, and joy.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
196
Release Date:
2025-11-13
Publication Date:
2025-10-30
Publisher:
Fortress Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1978717768
ISBN13:
9781978717763
Weight:
443 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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