Reconciling East and West: Life and Legacy of ‘Mahatma’ Jotiba Phule and the hope for OBCs in India
View Obed’s original presentation offered during the Stott-Bediako Forum here.
In this episode, we return to a conversation that we had with Obed Manwatkar during the Stott Bediako Forum on Peace Building and Conflict Transformation from a lens of Postcolonialism and Indigenous Christianity. Listen and learn with us about Reconciling East and West: Life and Legacy of ‘Mahatma’ Jotiba Phule and the hope for OBCs in India.
We interviewed Obed about his work with OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and the idea of “debrahminization.” Together we imagined what caste reconciliation could look like and found hope in the God of the OBCs.
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Featuring: Obed Manwatkar
Interviewers: Tori Greaves and Al Tizon
Produced by: Nina Mantalaba
Related Information
Stott-Bediako Forum
The bi-annual S-B Forum brings together scholar-practitioners from around the world to discuss missiological themes relevant to advancing the mission of Christ as one of radical transformation in a rapidly changing world. As its name suggests, the ethos of the forum follows in the footprints of John W.R. Stott and Kwame Bediako – Christian leaders who have had a lasting impact on generations of Christian believers worldwide, particularly as they emphasized and insisted on proclaiming and living out the whole Gospel. Both Stott and Bediako promoted a holistic understanding of mission and the importance of constructive engagements of Christianity and culture.
During the 2020-2021 Stott-Bediako Forum, we explored the theme Peace Building and Conflict Transformation from a lens of Postcolonialism and Indigenous Christianity. Find more on the 2020-2021 forum here.
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