Indian Liberation Theology

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous grade: 10 Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology St. Georgen in Frankfurt am Main course: Hauptseminar: Theologische Gesellschaftskritik - heute noch möglich? language: English abstract: Liberation has manifold meanings. Marxists emphasise on economic and political aspects of freedom. Christianity tries to bring the role of culture and religions in the process of liberation. Traditional theologians insist on the need of personal conversion besides liberation from oppressive socio-economic and political structures. And Dalit Tribal and women theologians have added a socio-cultural dimension to liberation. Liberation has become an everyday topic of Indian masses.Liberation is a common concern. However in all the varied and complex situations of India Latin American theology can neither define our experience nor offer solutions. But it has definitely given a hermeneutical key an important starting point of the experience of the marginalized. Thus Indian liberation theologies like Dalit liberation theology Feminists' theology tribal theologies etc. are inspirations from Latin American liberation theology. But there are quite substantial points of differences according to the foci and features. In the following I shall deal with three specific requisites for any Indian liberation theology.