{"title":"Exploring the Old Testament in Asia: Evangelicals in Asian Christian Thought","authors":"Andreas Hauw","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v37i1.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v37i1.68","url":null,"abstract":"This is a book review of Exploring the Old Testament in Asia: Evangelicals in Asian Christian Thought, edited by Jerry Hwang and Angukali Rotokha (Carlisle: Langham, 2022), 276 pp., ISBN 978-1-83973-279-9, US$32.99, paperback.","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127120415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Church as an Alternative Polis","authors":"Wenjuan Zhao","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v37i1.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v37i1.69","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores three different views of Wang Mingdao’s ecclesial stance and his approach to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM): his refusal to join the TSPM as a political rather than theological approach to resisting the Chinese Communist Party; his refusal to accept the TSPM’s authority as the Protestant church’s resistance to Chinese hegemony; and his ecclesial stance as a sectarian withdrawal from the world. Considering these diverse scholarly perspectives, I interpret Wang’s response to the TSPM as part of a necessary proclamatory action and propose that Wang’s model of radical action models the politics of Jesus. His church is political only as defined by the gospel, and it represents a new polis—a kind of community established in and through Jesus of Nazareth to stand as a political alternative to the dominant politics of the world and contribute to an alternative identity of a citizen. I, therefore, approach Wang’s faith practice from an ecclesiological standpoint and situate him and his ecclesial activities into the historical and theological context to explore his biblical-theological foundation for this new polis and its public witness. I argue that Wang’s rejection of the TSPM and his alternative way of engaging with political issues such as imperialism, nationalism, and church-state relations show that his ecclesial stance is novel and distinct from other forms of politics.","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127989872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"William T. Cavanaugh’s Eucharistic “Reimagination” of Space and Time","authors":"Gabriel Tan","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v37i1.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v37i1.70","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000Asian churches, indebted to fervent and faithful missionaries, have long understood that the church is called to challenge the culture around us, including the world’s concept of the sacred-secular divide. Still, we, as part of the Protestant Church, have unknowingly adopted this worldly imagination in subtle ways, especially with regard to the church’s understanding of space and time. Using the works of William Cavanaugh, this article seeks an understanding of space and time that primarily grounds itself in the Eucharist and, therefore, in the church’s identity as the Body of Christ, radically different from how the world defines it. It then explores some practical implications in discipleship and missions.\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131834219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faith and Bayan: Evangelical Christian Engagement in the Philippine Context","authors":"F. Samdao","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v37i1.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v37i1.49","url":null,"abstract":"This is a book review of Lorenzo C. Bautista, Aldrin M. Peñamora, and Federico G. Villanueva, eds., Faith and Bayan: Evangelical Christian Engagement in the Philippine Context (Carlisle, UK: Langham Global Library, 2022), xiii + 183 pp., £13.99, ISBN 978-1-83973-277-5, paperback.","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124238690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whom Does God Love?","authors":"Adam Dodds","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v37i1.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v37i1.63","url":null,"abstract":"The hadith control the daily lives of Muslims. For Christians seeking to engage with Muslims, understanding the hadith is indispensable. This article investigates, “Whom does God love according to the Bible and the hadith?” Comparative studies exist for the Bible and the Qur’an but less for the hadith. This study scrutinizes what the Bible and hadith, respectively, mean by divine love. First, I describe divine love in the Bible and, second, in the main Sunni hadith collections. I study Allah’s love for himself, for named individuals, and requests for Allah’s love, and next, I investigate earning Allah’s love, deeds that earn Allah’s love, and Allah’s love for certain character qualities. Lastly, I examine the implications of divine love by addressing the following questions: How does the conception of divine love determine human love? What are the implications of this study for engagement with Muslims?","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127334626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fully Alive: The Apocalyptic Humanism of Karl Barth","authors":"F. Samdao","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v36i2.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v36i2.42","url":null,"abstract":"This is a book review.","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128808719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Harmony and Reconciliation in Daoism and Christianity","authors":"M. Tophoff","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v36i2.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v36i2.35","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000In this article, the contemporary identity discourse is highlighted within a Christian perspective of reconciliation, and a Daoist perspective of harmony. Reconciliation is placed in the context of the Hebrew Bible, focusing on the concepts of liberation, covenance, sin and atonement, and on the ministry of Jesus. Daoist harmony is discussed within a cosmic system of interconnectedness, non-disruption and non-interference. Contributions of Christianity and Daoism to reconciliation and harmony are critically evaluated as to their relevance for the contemporary identity discourse.\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115210465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Swarup Bar, The Spirit Shaped Church: A Spirit Ecclesiology in India","authors":"Elilo Ezung","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v36i2.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v36i2.34","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a book review of The Spirit shaped Church: A Spirit Ecclesiology in India.","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132354454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not Forbidden but a Fellowship “Food”","authors":"Irene Umbu Lolo","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v36i2.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v36i2.21","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000This article highlights a dynamic encounter between Christians and the local religion in Sumba, Indonesia. The encounter raises the question of identity among Christians. Identity as a Sumbanese on the one hand and as a Christian on the other collides when dealing with the tradition of eating together. Before the arrival of Christianity, the tradition of sharing meat and eating together among the Sumbanese in a traditional ceremony was a form of fellowship. Animal meat that has been used as a ritual medium for ancestral spirits is then distributed to the family members. The meat was cooked and eaten together to strengthen the brotherhood/sisterhood among them. After the church’s arrival, Christians had to stay away from tribal religious traditions. With thorough investigations of cultural texts and exegesis from the biblical source of 1 Corinthians 10:23- 11:1, I argue that eating together between Christians and their tribal relatives is a theological act reflecting a Christ-imitating attitude of faith.\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125616317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Awakening the Sleeping Tiger”","authors":"Gumulya Djuharto","doi":"10.54424/ajt.v36i2.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54424/ajt.v36i2.30","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000\u0000This article discusses the centrality of 1 Kings 2:15 for the interpretation of the entire text of 1 Kings 2 and its function in constructing an imaginative picture of a friendly communication style as part of the ruler’s policy in running his government. To achieve this goal, I use Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics of phenomenology, which is sharpened by John Comaroff’s and Jean Comaroff’s hermeneutics of suspicion. I will use this perspective as a framework for Oliver Glanz’s shifting participant theory as a basis for analysis of 1 Kings 2:15. The result is a friendly and generous communication style in a balanced and proportional way.\u0000\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":262921,"journal":{"name":"Asia Journal Theology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130254811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}