James R. Cochrane is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is author or editor of six prior volumes on practical theology and social transformation.
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Foreword by John W. deGruchy Preface Introduction: A Journey within Boundaries Salt Stops Ghosts: Context and Scope of Local Wisdom The Question of Hegemony Context of Reading: The Community at Amawoti The Interpretative World of Amawoti Conclusion Incipient Theologies: Marginal Reflections on Faith God and the World: Empirical Experiences of Faith Reflected Who Is Jesus Christ? Redeeming the Broken Body Conclusion Tradition and Domination Tradition-A Provisional Sketch The Coherence of Context and Tradition Truth in Tradition and Life Asymmetries of Power Expressions of Power at the Base Power and the Reproduction of Meaning Voices of the Other Can We Speak with the Other? Commitment and Collaboration The Self and the Other Widening the Circle: The Personal and the Public Public and Personal: Preliminary Comments The Social Intelligibility of Local Knowledge "Starting in Galilee": Incipient Theology from the Margins "Dealing with Herod/Pilate": The Public Task of the Church A Gestalt of Theology Center and Boundary: The Geography of Faith Mapping the Territory Displacing the Center Claiming Space: Embodied in a Story Configuring the Boundary From Boundary to Center: Refashioning the Geography of Faith Notes Bibliography Index