Theologising with the Sacred 'Prostitutes' of South India : Towards an Indecent Dalit Theology

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Contents Acknowledgements Figures Introduction 1 The Context for Theologising: Dalit Self, Gender and Identity 2 Hinduism, the Caste System and the ‘Untouchables’ 3 The Touchable Untouchables: From Feminist to Dalit Womanist 4 Developing a Methodology for Theologising with Devadāsīs 5 The Book 1. Meeting Mathamma: Sacred ‘Prostitute’ and Mother Goddess 1 Situating the Devadāsīs 2 The Devadāsī and the Politics of Her Body 3 Dalit Reform, the Devadāsī and Her Devi 4 Dedicated to the Goddess 5 The Mother Goddess Mathamma 6 A Goddess of Pain, Blood and Discharge 7 Sacred Sexuality and the Demand for Decency 8 From Goddess to ‘Slut’: Locating a Devadāsī Theology 2. What Theology Hides under the Sari of a Sacred Sex Worker? 1 Towards Theologising with Mathamma 2 Indian Theology and the Brahmin Christ 3 The Bhakti Movement: A Subaltern Voice of Resistance 4 The Dalit Revolutionists Impact on Indian Christian Theology 5 Dalit Liberation Theology 6 Jesus Is Dalit: The Dukkha of the Dalits Is One with Christ 7 Dalit Religiosity in Dalit Christian Theological Discourse 8 Gendered Bodies and Multiple Marginalities in Dalit Theology 3. A Body Theology of the Thrice Marginalised 1 Dalit Women Resistance: Ja Bhim! 2 The Voice of Dalit Women in Dalit Theology 3 The Dalit Womanist Christ 4 Dalit Feminist/Womanist Hermeneutics 5 The Missing Voice of the Indecent in Dalit Theology 6 Boundary Crossing with the Sexual Stories of the Oppressed 4. Liberating Scriptures Whores with the Devadāsīs 1 Bringing Metaphors to Life through Dalit Womanist Hermeneutics 2 Through the Lens of the Devadāsī to the Bodies of Oholah and Oholibah 3 Tortured Concubines and ‘Christ the Decent Woman’ 4 The Prostitute at Christ’s Feet with Her Matted Hair: A Model of Resistance 5 From Sinful Woman to Prophetic ‘Prostitute’: A Theology from Indecent Bodies 6 Liberating the “Whore” in Dalit Theological Discourse 5. Towards an Indecent Dalit The(a)ology with the Silenced Goddess 1 The Re-Birth of the Goddess in Dalit Theologising 2 A Tali around Her Neck and a Bible in Her Hand: Indecent Religious Hybridity in the South Indian Village 3 Jesus and the Goddess: Towards a Dalit The(a)ological Christology 4 Jesus in the South Indian Village 5 Towards an Indecent Dalit Christology 6 The Dalit Christa’s Kin-dom to Come 7 From Dalit Theology to Indecent Dalit Theology Bibliography Primary Sources Index of Subjects Index of Names