The Art of Indigenous Inculturation

“It is with this conviction that Antonio Sison embarks on a quest to ‘midwife’ the ‘indigenous inculturation’ present in a triptych of images from the ‘folk Catholic imaginary’ in Nairobi in Kenya, Chicago in the United States, and Manila in the Philippines. His purpose is, with a rich hermeneutic of suspicion, generosity, and serendipity, to bring the edges of theologizing to the center. In doing so, however, he reveals to us that, instead of a new theological hegemony (marginal replacing the center), the edges are actually the center.”—From the Foreword "As we embark upon a synodal process of the Church inspired by Pope Francis, this particular approach to inculturation is of utmost importance since it restores agency and voice to people on the margins whose expressions of the faith have long been ignored and discounted. It also serves as an important compliment to other ways to engage in liturgical inculturation by broadening the intercultural scope of this activity beyond a tokenis