Raj Bharat Patta 
Subaltern Public Theology 
Dalits and the Indian Public Sphere

This book delves into the public character of public theology from the sites of subalternity, the excluded Dalit (non) public in the Indian public sphere.  Raj Bharat Patta employs a decolonial methodology and explores the topic in three parts: First, he engages with ‘theological contexts, ’ by mapping global and Indian public theologies and critically analysing them. Next, he discusses ‘theological companions, ’ and explains ‘theological subalternity’ and ‘subaltern public’ as companions for a subaltern public theology for India. Finally, Patta explains ‘theological contours’ by discussing subaltern liturgy as a theological account of the subaltern public and explores a subaltern public theology for India. 

Table of Content

​1. Introduction.- 2. Mapping Public Theologies: A Critical Anaylsis.- 3. A Critical Recovery and Appraisal of Indian Public Theologies.- 4. Can the Subalterns Speak? A Critical Indian Theological Hearing of Subalternity.- 5. Can the Subalterns Public-ize? A Critical Subaltern Interrogation of Public.- 6. Subaltern Liturgy: A Theological Account of Public.- 7. The Tasks and Scope of Subaltern Public Theology.- 8. Towards a subaltern public theology for India.

About the author

Raj Bharat Patta is a Minister from the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, and is currently serving as a Recognized and Regarded Minister of the Methodist Church in Britain. He has a Ph D from the University of Manchester.