An anthropologist examines theologian Jojo M. Fung's books, which build a bridge between the Creative Spirit in Genesis and nature spirits in indigenous religions—a framework called 'creational pneumatology.' Fung's engagement with indigenous communities in Southeast Asia reveals the secular assumptions underlying the 'more-than-human' turn in anthropology and related fields, showing how such efforts remain tied to the human even when trying to exceed it. Theologians can benefit from anthropology's tools for recognizing how one's interpretive lens shapes perception of the Other. This interdisciplinary dialogue clarifies each discipline's premises and sharpens their aims.
Hunger can be a site for mystical encounter with God, drawing on Christian mystical traditions where personal experience shapes theology. The article defines mystical theology, then explores Simone Weil's view of hunger as mystical experience and Dorothee Solle's idea that such experience drives social transformation. Together, they show hunger as both an intimate experience with God and a means for hospitality that breaks down social barriers.
Relationality between Jesus the Son and God the Father serves as a model for the divine-human relationship. Understanding this relationality is explored by comparing the Hindu Advaitic tradition, particularly Sri Ramakrishna's mystical experience, with Catholic theologian Jacques Dupuis's concept of awareness. Advaitic perspectives illuminate the relationality of God and humanity when read alongside Dupuis's awareness. The study examines how these two different traditions approach the issue, with Advaita questioning non-duality and Dupuis delving into awareness, ultimately using Advaitic insights to comprehend the relationality through Dupuis's framework.