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Theorising a Decolonising Asian Hermeneutic for Comparative Theology

some Perspectives from Global and Singaporean Eyes

In: International Journal of Asian Christianity
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Paul Hedges Studies in Interreligious Relations Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ispmhedges@ntu.edu.sg

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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.

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