| After Pestilence: An Interreligious Theology of the Poor Contributor(s): Aguilar, Mario I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0334060354 ISBN-13: 9780334060352 Publisher: SCM Press OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Liberation - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theology, according to liberation theologians is only a second step. The first is praxis. A liberating praxis puts the poor and the marginalised at the centre. It is found in the collective response of global religious communities responding to crises - and a global pandemic offers an important case in point, reminding religions of our shared humanity, and the need for interreligious cooperation and understanding to effect a positive response. In the context of seismic socio-economic and political change, religion provides a communal response for feeding the poor, fighting for their rights, and challenging the post-colonial financial model that is now beginning to lose its ground. This book blends an examination of emerging research on the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in marginalised communities, with the author's own research on social and poverty isolation in India, and his own experience as told in diaries written whilst in lockdown in a poor district of Santiago, Chile. It challenges majority world churches and religions in a post-pandemic world to learn from each other and from Jesus' own identification with the outcast, and urges them to take on a way of life and prophetic learning from the world of the poor. |