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am not a scholar and not at all an M. M. Thomas scholar. l am interested in contextual theology and
I
how we could bring a contextual approach to the Asian American experience. It's usually
wondered
asking the right questions, so l have a question for you. What if M. M. Thomas came to the
about
States, say on August 12, 2015 having read the newspapers for the last year, updated on our
United
to speak to this group? What issues would he raise for us as critical to the project of liberation?
context,
are the tools at hand to accomplish it? What is our responsibility?
What
inspiration, l took the traditional path of the liberation theologian through the Exodus narrative with
For
guidance of M. M. Thomas as translated into English by Rev. Dr. T. M. Philip in a slim volume
the
text is from a series designed to offer theological and historical-critical analyses of the scripture
This
a liberation lens for lay people. The series of 25 books was written between 1977 and 1996.
through
sources are cited on the final page. There are no footnotes. The introduction includes liberation
Five
like “Human history, from beginning to end, is the history of God's acts of liberation."
zingers
points out early on that a solely spiritual liberation, like we have in the Evangelical movements
He
is a misunderstanding of the fundamental teachings of the text. Liberation, in his understanding,
today,
we gather here...
As
come having been told the stories of liberation of our ancestors, both historically and spiritually.
We
questions for us are:
The
this place where we find ourselves...
In
seeks liberation?
Who
are the movements for liberation today?
What
do we connect with them?
Where
for us And
entitled God the Liberator.
[God the Liberator, p. 32]
occurs in history. Holy Scriptures root the narrative of God's action in the world.