Reimagining Protestant Theology: The Asian Experience and Christian Tradition
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 64
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue explores the theological discourse on the Protestant tradition in Asia. Euro-American perspectives have historically shaped the Protestant theological discourses; however, the trajectories of Christianity in Asia have challenged many of the theological assumptions rooted in Western contexts. This Special Issue seeks a constructive reimagining of Protestant theology that seriously engages the Asian experience—not merely as a site of application but as a generative source for theological reflection.
Contributors are invited to examine topics such as ‘How have Asian socio-cultural, historical, and religious contexts reshaped Protestant theological expressions?’, ‘In what ways does the Asian Christian experience critique or enrich classical Protestant doctrines such as justification, redemption, and ecclesiology?’, and ‘How can the intersection of indigenous Asian wisdom and Christian tradition offer a renewed vision of Protestant theology?’
This Special Issue will provide the theological engagement in Asia, such as contextualization in various Asian settings (e.g., Korea, India, China, the Philippines, and so on), the interpretation of protestant theology into Asian thought, and the theological framework in Asian realities. Additionally, it examines Asian imagination in Protestant theology in terms of historical–theological analysis, comparative studies, and contextual–constructive framework.
We welcome submissions from diverse researchers, concentrating on Asian voices in the theological conversation, challenging the dominance of Western paradigms, and proposing Asian imagination about various theological theories like incarnation, justification, trinity, and so on. In addition, this Issue welcomes both academic theology and church praxis in multicultural, postcolonial contexts.
We request that prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200–300 words summarizing their intended contribution. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors to ensure proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Please send your manuscript to the Guest Editor or the Assistant Editor Sandee Pan (sandee.pan@mdpi.com) of Religions. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shinhyung Seong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Asian theology
- Asian christianity
- contextualization
- theology of Korea
- theology of India
- theology of China
- theology of Philippines
- comparative studies
- comparative ethics
- theological imagination
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