A critical engagement between Asian feminist theology and liberation theology: The impossibility of doing academic theology from the margins

Abstract

Liberation theologies seek to uplift the voices of the marginalised. However, as demonstrated by the case of Minjung theology, no single approach is capable of lifting up all voices. Thus, it is important to listen to new voices. Recent theological work from Southeast Asia lifts up important insights from under-represented groups in theology: migrant domestic workers, LGBTQ religious believers and Chinese sex workers.
Contribution: These new voices show our own inability to properly hear and convey the perspectives of the ‘voiceless’ but emphasise the need to enter the chaos of others.