What I don't understand is why there is a need for a theology on every topic, including a secular one. What the heck is a Goan theology, and why do we need it?
Cheers, Santosh P.S. For a discussion about the recent attempts to revise or theologize Goan history, please see the following additional links: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoenchimXapotam/message/35682 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoenchimXapotam/message/35684 ----- Original Message ----- From: Goanet Reader <[email protected]> > >T owards a Goan theology > > Dale Luis Menezes > [email protected] > > Robert Eric Frykenberg's book *Christianity in India: From > the Beginnings to the Present*, opens by dwelling on the > intrinsic nature of the Gospel. He says that evangelization > was not optional even in the earliest times and thus, "The > Good News... possessed qualities that were also > intrinsically disruptive and revolutionary." > > Frykenberg asserts that the ideology of the Gospel, "by its > very nature, [is] expansive, trans-cultural, and globalizing. > Yet, its spiritual and universalizing claims also required > flesh and blood -- incarnation -- concrete expression in the > particularities of each ethno-local culture." Since the > Gospel needed an "earthly manifestation", it was "altered and > remoulded with each successive wave of expansion without > contradicting itself or departing from what became the sacred > canon or established Scripture." > > It is through the work of such historians like > Frykenberg, that we have learnt not to treat the > history of Christianity and Christianity itself as > foreign to India or Goa. Now what does this mean > for the people of Goa (and not just the Catholic > population)? Surely there needs to be a rethink on > how the history of Goa has been written and the way > Catholicism is being perceived. >
