Jesus’s Two Great Commandments
Analysing Indian Theology through Caste and Gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14949072 |
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| Authors | Prachi Patil (0000-0002-5809-6282, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-61 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0966735016657979 |
| OpenAlex | W2513610743 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The article attempts to problematize Christian theology sociologically, navigating it through the minefield of the ‘Two Great Commandments’ given by Jesus, within the Indian context of caste and gender. ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God ’, the First Commandment which mandates the believers to love God becomes intriguing as it forces one to ask who is my God and how do I relate to the form of this God? The article looks at how Dalit theology experiences Jesus as opposed to upper-caste theology. The Second Commandment, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself ’, becomes more challenging than the First in an Indian context because it contradicts the practices of caste and gender discrimination. For Indian Christians the idea of ‘love thy neighbour’ then reworks back into the question of who is ‘allowed’ to be my neighbour. The article analyses Jesus through his historical existence rather than his divinity
Archaeology · Caste · Christian theology · Divinity · Sociology · Theology · Thou · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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