FREE WATER BUFFALO THEOLOGY PDF Kosuke Koyame | 196 pages | 01 Mar 1999 | Orbis Books (USA) | 9781570752568 | English | Maryknoll, United States Water Buffalo Theology – Koyama was born in Tokyo inof Christian parents. After teaching at Water Buffalo Theology theological seminary in Thailandhe was the executive director of Association of Theological Schools in Southeast Asia with his office in Singapore from toand the editor of Southeast Asia Journal of Theology, and the dean of Southeast Asia Graduate School of Theology. After that he worked as senior lecturer in religious studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin in New Zealandfrom to Rockefeller Jr. Professor Emeritus of World Christianity. To his close friends and family, he was known as "Ko". Along with Kazoh Kitamorihe is considered one of the leading Japanese theologians of the twentieth century. Koyama died at a hospital Water Buffalo Theology SpringfieldMassachusettsof pneumonia complicated by oesophagal cancer Water Buffalo Theology, on March 25, His wife Lois died April 13, He is survived two sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren. In works such as Water Buffalo Theology and Three Mile an Hour Godhe defended a theology that he considered to be accessible to the peasantry in developing nationsrather than an overly academic systematic theology. In total, Koyama wrote thirteen books. One of his most well- known books, "Water Buffalo Theology", was described as "ecological theology, liberation theology and contribution to Christian-Buddhist dialogue". Water Buffalo Theology is probably Koyama's best-known work. The book was partly inspired by Koyama's work as a missionary in Northern Thailand. Koyama was an editor of the South East Asia Journal of Theologyfor which he himself wrote Water Buffalo Theology considerable number of articles. Koyama published at least thirteen books, including "On Christian Life" currently available only in Japanese and over one hundred scholarly articles. Koyama's work has been described as helping to bridge the boundaries between East and West, between Christianity and Buddhist thought, between the rich and the poor. It has been pointed out that he has no overarching system in this theology, which shows commitment to serving a "broken Christ trying to heal a broken world". He was named as an important figure for the development of a world Christianity. Koyama explained, in the preface to this book, which he wrote in Tokyo at Christmashow he did Christian missionary work in Thailand from toand how his experiences in Thailand rekindled interest in Asian religion in him. He also explained in the preface how the book grew out of the Earl Lectures which he delivered at the Pacific School of Religion in California. Koyama also Water Buffalo Theology at a conference in Edinburgh inin which he described God as "a hot God", suggesting a certain dynamic quality to the attributes of God. In this book, he reflected on his interest in the relationship between history and theologyand pointed out the imperial nature of Indo-European languages among those speakers of languages such as Sinhalese or Japanese. He also told, in this book, of an incident which happened to him in Singaporewhere he met a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. He told the monk about crusades for Jesus Christ and the monk looked puzzled. The Water Buffalo Theology indicated that if one felt a need to crusade, then one was not a true disciple. Instead, Water Buffalo Theology monk championed, true to his Buddhist Water Buffalo Theology, the virtue of self-denial. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Japanese theologian. TokyoJapan. The Water Buffalo Theology York Water Buffalo Theology. Retrieved April 1, Who's Who in Christianity. 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