Taingyintha theology in the making in Myanmar: a public theological perspective
Since almost all Christians in Myanmar are taingyintha Christians, Myanmar must have a taingyintha theology that makes a serious attempt to analyze the reality of the socio-political context of Myanmar and evolve a meaningful theology that is relevant and contextual to the contemporary reality of My...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Practical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 277-295 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Equality B Identity B Taingyintha B Freedom B burmanisation |
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| Summary: | Since almost all Christians in Myanmar are taingyintha Christians, Myanmar must have a taingyintha theology that makes a serious attempt to analyze the reality of the socio-political context of Myanmar and evolve a meaningful theology that is relevant and contextual to the contemporary reality of Myanmar.In this article, the author highlights that the task of taingyintha Christians is to struggle for tiangyintha liberation from their socio-politically discrimination and Burmanization in their homeland, to empower the inner person of the taingyinthas, and to strive for their empowerment in all spheres, and to lead inclusive humanism for the goal identity and humanity of the taingyinthas within the human community. The objective is to emerge taingyintha theology not only from the experience of taingyinthaness in their socio-political setting but also from the fundamental biblical categories like equality, justice, peace, and hope for socio-political transformation. In interpretation, an inductive theological method will be applied to examine the taingyinthas’ struggle for identity in the context in which they struggle in order to actualise their vision of a genuine federal Union and to empower taingyinthas to be the transformational role in the contemporary socio-political setting. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2023.2196190 |