Theorising a Decolonising Asian Hermeneutic for Comparative Theology

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" Theorising a Decolonising Asian Hermeneutic for Comparative Theology "
Paul Hedges

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069005
Doc. No	:	LA112634
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00302004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Hedges
Title & Author	:	Theorising a Decolonising Asian Hermeneutic for Comparative Theology [Article]\ Paul Hedges
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/2
Page No	:	152–168
Abstract	:	This paper advances some ways in which Asian perspectives challenge the regnant discourse of comparative theology. It sets out some key aspects of the postcolonial critique of comparative theology, and shows how conceptions of “religion” in the discipline are often based in problematic Western paradigms. However, it also challenges any reified distinction of “Orient” and “Occident”. It is argued that if Asian comparative theology is to fulfil its potential it must not operate within existing dominant Western frames. The author suggests that a hermeneutical basis for comparative theology may be rethought through Asian lenses, and draws on the philosophy of Nāgārjuna to provide an example of this.
Descriptor	:	Asian hermeneutic
Descriptor	:	Asian Studies
Descriptor	:	conceptions of “religion”
Descriptor	:	decolonial scholarship
Descriptor	:	Nāgārjuna
Descriptor	:	postcolonial critique
Descriptor	:	Religion in Asia
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Descriptor	:	World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00302004‬