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This essay begins with a brief assessment of the theological legacy of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences in terms of a triple dialogue (with the Asian poor, cultures, and religions) and contextual theology It then surveys eight common features of Asian Christianity, namely, foreign character, colonial heritage, dehumanizing poverty, ecological destruction, minority status, Communist and socialist governments, ubiquitous migration, and anti-woman ideology. Next, it points to eight contemporary theological trends in response to these eight commonalities. It concludes with an examination of one of these eight trends, namely, interreligious dialogue, with reference to Pope Francis's teaching on this theme.

"This book argues that the development of Catholicism in Asia was closely connected with globalization. Since the 16th century Catholicisms has contributed significantly to global connectivity, while at the same time the Church 's global expansion has transformed the Church's own global consciousness. Casanova and Phan adopt a framework of three distinct phases of the development of Catholicism in Asia and Oceania - early modern (16th to 18th centuries), modern Western hegemony (1780s to the 1960s), and the contemporary, after Western hegemony. With this framework, contributors discuss the development of Catholicism in all major countries of the region, including China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Australia. Except for the Philippines and Timor-Leste, Catholicism in Asia is and is likely to remain a minority religion for the foreseeable future. For that reason, however, it can serve as a unique prism through which to look at the processes of globalization in Asia, precisely because the historical processes through which Catholicism took roots in the entire region and became inculturated as an Asian religion are so intimately connected with the processes of globalization"--

This book provides an indispensable voice in the scholarly conversation on migration. It shows how migration has shaped and has been shaped by the three Abrahamic religions - -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. No theory of migration will be complete unless the theological insights of these religions are seriously taken into account