This book, steeped in the traditions of both postcolonial theory and Continental philosophy, addresses fundamental questions about God and theology in the postcolonial world. Namely, Y.T. Vinayaraj asks whether Continental philosophies of God and the 'other' can attend to the struggles that entail human pain and suffering in the postcolonial context. The volume offers a constructive proposal for a Dalit theology of immanent God or de-othering God as it emerges out of the Lokayata, the Indian materialist epistemology. Engaging with the post-Continental philosophers of immanence such as Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, Catherine Malabou, and Jean-Luc Nancy, Vinayaraj explores the idea of a Dalit theology of God and body in the post-Continental context. The book investigates how there can be a Dalit theology of God without any Christian philosophical baggage of transcendentalism. The study ends with a clarion call for Indian Christian Theology to take a turn toward an immanence thatis political and polydoxical in content.

An innovative comparative study contrasting Western and developing world philosophies Offers an interstice between postmodern/ postcolonial theology, politics, and philosophy Utilizes a unique, inclusive methodology that locates itself between liberation, feminist, eco-feminist, post-feminist, postmodern, and postcolonial theologies

Autorentext

Y.T. Vinayaraj teaches Theology at the Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth and Nav Jyoti Post-Graduate Research Centre (NJPGRC), New Delhi, India. He holds a PhD from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA, and is an ordained minister of the Mar Thoma Church. His research areas are Continental philosophy, cultural hermeneutics, and Dalit theology.

Inhalt
Introduction.- 1. God as the 'Transcendent Other': A Critical Engagement with "The Theological Turn.- 2. Spivak and the 'Subordinated Other': The Third World Turn in Continental Philosophy.- 3. God, Human, and Creation: Spivak and Postcolonial Theologies.- 4. De-Othering God: Dalit Theology after Continental Philosophy.- Conclusion.