A Tale of Two Theologians
Treatment of Third World Theologies
by Ambrose Ih-ren Mong
Hardback (No longer our product)
(March 2017)
ISBN: 9780227176580
6.1 x 9.17 inches
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A discussion of the challenges of liberation theology and religious pluralism, in dialogue with two leading Third World theologians.
In A Tale of Two Theologians, Ambrose Mong’s observant new work, he examines the writings of the Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez and the Indian theologian Michael Amaladoss, and gives fresh attention to their main concerns regarding evangelisation and the poor. Why, he asks, is Gutierrez’s liberation theology now accepted and celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church while Amaladoss’s Asian theology with a liberation thrust is threatened with censorship? Mong argues that the dwindling threat of Communism has made the Marxist overtones of Latin American liberation theology more palatable to the Catholic hierarchy, while the challenge of religious pluralism in Asia is as complex and emotive as ever.How can the Church learn to balance the need for dialogue between religions with their duty to proclaim the Gospel? How can the Church inculturate itself in Asia while maintaining its identity? Ambrose Mong tackles these questions with the shrewd, clear-eyed view of an active priest and scholar, exploring the long, troubled relationship the Church has with liberation theology and offering guidance for the future.
- By (author) Ambrose Mong
"These two volumes by the Dominican Ambrose Mong, a priest and lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, open up a rich vein of reflection about liberation theology and inter-religious dialogue in the non-Western World."John Riches, John Riches, The Expository Times, Volume 129, Number 10, July 2018.'A Tale of Two Theologians: Treatment of Third World Theologies is a fascinating book that presents, with a new perspective, how the third world theologies have been treated by the Roman Catholic Church. This book successfully attempts a twin task of explaining this treatment of third world theologies, particularly those that do not fit into Western systems, and offering a comparative study of Latin American and Asian theologies. Mong has beatifully woven together these two tasks in on book without losing focus.- Murathuraj Swamy, Director of Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Reading Religion, 11th April 2018
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