The author assumes that Theology of Liberation is a completely new hermeneutics, which
involves re-thinking of the entire Christian experience from the perspective of the
oppressed. However, for all its richness and promise, Theology of Liberation is, to a
great extent, irrelevant for Asia in general and for India in particular. This is because
the starting point of Theology of Liberation is the Scriptures of a tiny minority
religion, which would not be able to motivate the vast majority of the people in India and
Asia.
So, this book is a philosophical look at liberation and how we can free ourselves based
on well-tested guidelines. The book is a radical, critical attempt at evolving a
Philosophy of Liberation for Asia. It tries to build up a down-to-earth and
critico-reflective vision of reality, founded on the human person in his/her entirety,
that would sensitise us to oppressive and liberative understandings of man, woman, God and
the world.
Contents
Editor's Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
1. The Human Person : Criterion of Liberation
2. Being and Having
3. Some Epistemological Presuppositions for a Philosophy of Liberation
4. Some Hermeneutical Presuppositions for a Philosophy of Liberation
5. The Centre and the Periphery
6. Towards the Liberation of Religion
7. Institutionalised Religion
8. Towards a Liberative Ethic
9. Towards a Liberative Erotics
10. Liberative Androgogics
Bibliography
Glossary of Select Terms
Cyril Desbruslais SJ (born 21 December 1940 at Calcutta) is an Indian
Jesuit priest, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune and an
accomplished playwright. He has taught various courses like "Philosophical
Anthropology," "Philosophy of God," "Rites and Rituals,"
"History of Western Philosophy" and "Philosophy of Liberation" in his
more than forty years of teaching career. He has been writing and directing every year a
creative play which has relevant social themes for more than 25 years.
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