Theologising in India has to become an effective proclamation
of the message of liberation ofhuman life in this countl'y. The
methodology of this Proclamation will be conditioned by the
life situation of the human community that needs to be
liberated. It is in this sense AP. Nirmal writes:
The Primary task of theology, therefore is to make sense
of human life and give it a certain direction and goal. The
criteria of theology then must be derived from human life
and not from other givens. Any theology which fails to
make sense of human life and fails to fulfil, it ceases to be
relevant and cannot be a living option. "1
C.S. Song affirms more clearly that, d·oing theology is not an
act of the intellect divorced from the commitment of the heart.
To approach the heart of God it is for us to engage in
"constructive imagination". For this we have to use the
imagination of the people in Asia expressed through myths,
songs, symbols, poetry and novels. Their myths (sacred stories)
touches something of the depth of being. Jesus used stories to
point to the mystery. The theological basis for this imaging is
"Imago dei. "~
According to song, Christian Theology has to be conceived in
the womb of peoples' experience of suft'ering and joy, agony
an_!l ecstasy. Therefore for him their tears and struggles become
the raw ingredients oftheologising. Tears bring people together.
Tears are signs of life, Jesus is a person of tears, a Man of
sorrows (Jn. 11:35; Mt. 23:37; Lk. 13:34). God in Jesus Christ
is able to identify and express solid,rity with those people
who are in tears because of their culture and suffering.•
of the message of liberation ofhuman life in this countl'y. The
methodology of this Proclamation will be conditioned by the
life situation of the human community that needs to be
liberated. It is in this sense AP. Nirmal writes:
The Primary task of theology, therefore is to make sense
of human life and give it a certain direction and goal. The
criteria of theology then must be derived from human life
and not from other givens. Any theology which fails to
make sense of human life and fails to fulfil, it ceases to be
relevant and cannot be a living option. "1
C.S. Song affirms more clearly that, d·oing theology is not an
act of the intellect divorced from the commitment of the heart.
To approach the heart of God it is for us to engage in
"constructive imagination". For this we have to use the
imagination of the people in Asia expressed through myths,
songs, symbols, poetry and novels. Their myths (sacred stories)
touches something of the depth of being. Jesus used stories to
point to the mystery. The theological basis for this imaging is
"Imago dei. "~
According to song, Christian Theology has to be conceived in
the womb of peoples' experience of suft'ering and joy, agony
an_!l ecstasy. Therefore for him their tears and struggles become
the raw ingredients oftheologising. Tears bring people together.
Tears are signs of life, Jesus is a person of tears, a Man of
sorrows (Jn. 11:35; Mt. 23:37; Lk. 13:34). God in Jesus Christ
is able to identify and express solid,rity with those people
who are in tears because of their culture and suffering.•
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