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Revolutionary Option for the Poor and Marginalised:
ISSN: 2582 - 8711
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Publisher: Revolutionary Option For The Poor And Marginalised: George..
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Abstract
In this article the author tries to bring out the biblical understanding of the Poor and Marginalised by George M. Soares-Prabhu and how he has hermeneutically interpreted the word of God meaningfully and relevantly for their salvation/liberation in the Indian context. Soares-Prabhu expounds that the thinking, feeling, and acting of Jesus, his radical option and revolutionary mission for the poor and marginalised are all based on his God experience as Abba in the first immersion of the river Jordan. That is the foundation of the life and spirituality of Jesus that leads him to the way of the Cross and death at Calvary where he had his second immersion in blood. Every disciple is expected to have these two immersions to follow Jesus in one’s own context and bear witness to him by liberating the poor and marginalised. Soares-Prabhu explicates the Decalogue (OT), the sermon on the mount and the table fellowship of Jesus (NT), to bring eq...
