Why read Water Buffalo Theology?

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Water Buffalo Theology marked the emergence of a self-conscious Asian Christian theology, on the world scene when it was published in 1974. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Koyama thoroughly updates the original, adding an retrospective introduction that records how he has changed his mind on many topics but maintained his…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Water Buffalo Theology as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Carole McDonnell

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Although I’m Jamaican-American, I hang out weekly with Chinese, East Indian, Singaporean, and Malaysian Christians. I figured I would enlighten myself on some of the differences between Asian Christian Theologies and Western, specifically American, theology.

I took philosophy in college, and even then, my eyes glazed over. To say this book was a slog through semantics is an understatement because Kosuke Koyama is a Japanese intellectual in addition to being a Christian.

However, once you begin riding on Koyama’s eccentric stream of consciousness, you leave the book with a sense of the subtle way national attitudes, religion, and folklore affect…

From Carole's 3 favorite reads in 2023.