Suffering

Dalit theology is the Indian contextual and liberation theology from the perspective of Dalits in India. It addresses the pain and pathos of the Dalit communities in India and rereads the Bible as a liberating resource in the struggle against the oppressive caste system.

• Systematic Theology

This article offers an introduction to the problem of theodicy and the arguments that have attempted to cope with it. To this end, it discusses the concepts from the philosophy of religion and theology that have been influential as well as the criticisms of them. Ultimately, the analysis makes the plea for a theology that is sensitive to suffering and that deliberately keeps open the theodicy question.