Description: Elaborates a Christian theology of shame and salvation by engaging with India's Dalits (or so-called "untouchable" people) and the contemporary study of emotions.
Brief description: Andrew Ronnevik is Lecturer in theology at Martin Luther Seminary in Lae, Papua New Guinea.
Review Quotes: "Dalits, Shame, and Salvation opens an unexplored trail for Dalit Studies and fills an overlooked void in Dalit theology. In this outstanding book, Ronnevik observes how shame-affected Dalits creatively utilize affective-hope to gain salvation in this life. Intercultural theologians and theorists who want to explore how world-saturated bodies (theo-pathos) can breathe life into word-confined minds (theo-logos) need to have this book in their libraries." --Sathianathan Clarke, Bishop Sundo Kim Chair and Professor of World Christianity, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., USA