Diasporic Theology: Doing Theology in Context

This paper deals with doing theology in context—diasporic theology, which, in its first section engages in a constructive conversation with Stephen Bevans’s Synthetic and Countercultural models of contextual theology. The second section, under the theme of diasporic theology, is committed to establishing a more flexible working definition of the term diaspora through analyzing its origin and diverse usages in interdisciplinary scholarships in its first subcategory. Then the fundamentals of the diasporic theology, an example of critical integration and hybridization of traditions, cultures, and experiences within which the Lutheran grammar and charismatic experience acquire a new synthesis, are discussed in the second subsection. I would argue that  diasporic theology is the antidote for the crisis of self-alienation arising from fear of assimilation with others, which enables us to leave our comfort zone in obedience to the Holy Spirit and leads us to transition of thoughts from fear of contamination by others’ culture toward embracing people in love and treating their culture with respect for the sake of the gospel.