RT Article
T1 Jesus' Encounter with a Woman at the Well: A South Asian Perspective
JF Missiology
VO 46
IS 4
SP 363
OP 373
A1 Sadiq, Yousaf
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1663480699
AB The water of life discourse in the Gospel of John 4 has been of great interest and theological importance to readers of the Bible. This, one of the best-known Bible passages, highlights profound and significant teaching for Christians, which includes but is not limited to: the promised Messiah; God's saving plan for the world; sovereign grace; living water; eternal life; witnessing for Christ and worshipping God in Spirit and truth. In this article, an attempt has been made to read the encounter through South Asian eyes by placing the sociocultural aspects of the narrative into a present-day South Asian context. Moreover, some applications for Jesus' counter-cultural behavior are discussed. The article particularly focuses on caste and gender complexities in order to bring out the value of the passage from a South Asian perspective in the twenty-first century.1
K1 India
K1 Pakistan
K1 South Asia
K1 South Asian Christianity
K1 Blasphemy laws
K1 Caste
K1 Discrimination
K1 honor killing
K1 untouchability
DO 10.1177/0091829618790102