Rathiulung KC
Bio
Rathiulung KC (Thiu) is a PhD candidate in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, researching lifeworlds of land and lived Christianity through the lens of Christology among Rongmei Baptists (Manipur, India). His research brings together social scientific/anthropological approaches in the project of theological analyses. Educated in India, South Korea, Canada and Scotland, his interests include: Majority World theologies, Christologies, Indigenous Studies, Highland Asia, Anthropology of Christianity, and decolonial thought. Currently, he tutors at the School of Divinity and teaches for Apollos Project, the online programme of TTGU (Seoul) for Christian leaders in the Global South.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-4871
Selected Publications
"Performing Heritage, Theology and ‘Land’ in the Lujam Songs of the Rongmei Nagas of North-east India", Studies in World Christianity, 28: 1, https://doi.org/10.3366/swc.2022.0370
"Eco-consciousness and the Afterlives of Liberation among Tribal Baptists Northeast India", in Liberation Theologies of Asia (in production), ed. Mario Aguilar, de Gruyter, 2023.
“More than merry-making”: Tribal/Indigenous Baptists and their lifeworlds of festivities", Practical Theology Special Edition: Majority World Epistemologies (forthcoming): 2023.
Other links
He is also involved in two podcast channels:
Host of The Contemplative Tribal Podcast: https://thecontemplativetribal.com/
Co-host of Voices of World Christianity Podcast:https://anchor.fm/voices-wc