ATESEAINSTITUTIONALREPOSITORY

Connecting Scholars, Libraries, and Asian Theological Resources

The Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia (ATESEA) Institutional Repository is the official digital repository of ATESEA and its members. Its goal is to support ATESEA’s mission of wider cooperation among theological schools in research, consortium programs for advanced studies, and improving the quality of theological education. This innovative program also supports the preservation and access to publications, manuscripts, theses, and other academic works of member institutions’ theologians, faculty members, and students.

Particularly, it aims to:

Serve as a union digital archive of ATESEA and its members’ theological education, advance studies, and research
Provide an online facility for its members to promote, exchange, and disseminate their academic and theological works globally
Share knowledge, support scholarship, and theological thinking with everyone

ATESEA member institutions engaged in training for Christian ministry in Southeast Asia, and Institutions involved in theological education in Southeast Asia (Seminaries, Theological Schools, etc.) are invited to contribute academic articles, theses, and dissertations to the ATESEA IR for global accessibility and visibility. For members with existing IRs, metadata will be harvested from their repository into the ATESEA IR and linked to the original source. For those who do not have the capacity to establish their own IR, they can directly deposit the metadata and items to the ATESEA IR. ATESEA is committed to disseminating theological works while respecting the intellectual property rights of faculty and institutions.

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Trinitarian missiology and its engagement with religious pluralism and the globalization of people movements.
(Association for Theological Education in South East Asia, 2017-10)
Cheong, Weng Kit
In Asia, Christianity still faces the challenge of capably engaging the non-Christian religions in spite of its long historical presence. Today it sees a new challenge: the great global movements of people within and outside of Asia that call for a fresh and robust Christian witness. This article proposes that trinitarian missiology offers key theological insights and missiological approaches that allow it better to engage the religious pluralisms of Asia and its globalization of people movements in today’s world. Two such proposals are mindful church-mission partnerships in pluralistic settings and a trinitarian perichoresis that integrates Christian hospitality with the reception of global migrants.
We weep as “Jesus wept” : a New Testament perspective on grief and tears for emotionally suppressed Asians
(Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia, 2024)
Mak, Sue Ann
It is observed that the New Testament contains fewer records of weeping narratives and employs comparatively restrained emotional language in contrast to the Old Testament. Additionally, psychologists and sociologists have noted that individuals from Asian cultures tend to exhibit a lower degree of emotional expressiveness relative to their counterparts in a European/ American culture. This article is a response to both claims through the lens of weeping and tears in the NT, in particular, the tears of Jesus. I demonstrate that there is sufficient data for a survey on the topic of weeping and sorrow in the NT and argue that our findings can and should inform the relatively emotionally suppressed Asian culture. I focus only on the emotional expression of weeping by Jesus, for if Jesus himself is known to have personally experienced pain and sorrow and even openly wept and cried, then should not followers of Jesus also be encouraged and allowed to do the same?
Covenant, constitutionalism, and Christian liberty: An exploration of Wang Yi’s early political theology and later reformed political theology
(The Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA), 2023-04-30)
Xiao, Joyce
This article explores how Wang Yi lays the foundation for considering a political theology based on the ways in which covenant and related ideas were transformed into concrete social and political realities manifested in the American experiment. It further explores how the concept of covenant points Wang toward embracing the Reformed tradition and constructing his Reformed political theology to tackle problems he sees with current church-state relations in mainland China. This exploration shows that Wang’s construction of political theology is based on a misreading of the covenant concept and its relation to American constitutionalism. Wang also overlooks some biblical and theological meanings of covenant and draws on a particular reading of the Bible to justify his sociopolitical arguments. This misreading indicates that Wang’s approach to political theology is questionable because it is rooted in his misinterpretation of American constitutionalism and covenant.
Interpreting "Abundant Life" in John 10:10 for the Evangelical Church in Social Action.
(Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, Seremban., 2025)
Lau, Paul Hang Soon
This thesis argues that the interpretation of Johannine abundant life amongst evangelicals involved in social action must cohere with the exegetical insights and theological perspectives espoused in the Gospel according to John. First, the thesis explores the ministry narratives of two prominent evangelical entities committed to Christian social action, namely World Vision and Tearfund. Their interpretation of abundant life in John 10:10 as the underlying ethos for humanitarian work is surveyed, considered, and critiqued at length. Secondly, this thesis argues for the priority of interpreting Johannine abundant life according to the exegetical insights in and surround Scripture in John 10:10. The authorial intent for abundant life is considered at length in light of the literary context. Thirdly, this thesis argues for both Christological and eschatological emphases of Johannine abundant life in Christian social action. Abundant life in John 10:10 is Christologically missional in its expression and eschatologically inaugurated in its experience. Finally, this thesis proposes a framework of interpretation for Johannine abundant life in Christian social action that prioritises the exegetical evidence and theological thrusts of the Gospel according to John whilst affirming a pastoral posture and holistic response to the pervasive realities of poverty.
Disciples of the green spirit: Eco-justice spirituality in the critical Asian context
(Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College (ATESEA - BTESSC), 2024-04)
Fernandez, Eleazar S.
This essay pursues the subject of eco-justice spirituality by offering a critique of our ecological crisis in the context of predatory capitalism. Predatory capitalism is the socioeconomic and political system that is driving this rapacious pursuit of profits at the expense of people and the ecosystem. But our ecological crisis is also a matter of faith, particularly of toxic theologies and spiritualities. It is for this reason that we must detoxify toxic theologies and spiritualities. Beyond the call for detoxification, we must articulate theologies or ways of knowing and pursue spiritual practices that promote ecological sensibility. Central to this articulation is the reclaiming of the identity of the church as an embodiment of the green spirit and as followers of the green Christ. Finally, it calls us to action by practicing green spirituality.