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<p>In Theologising with the Sacred ‘Prostitutes’ of South India Eve Rebecca Parker theologises with the Dalit women who from childhood have been dedicated to village goddesses and used as ‘sacred’ sex workers. Parker uses ethnographic anthropological theological hermeneutical and historical research and analysis in order to critically engage with the lived religiosity and daily struggles of the dedicated women known as devadasis. In doing so she works towards an Indecent Dalit Liberation Theology that challenges systems of oppression and cultures of impunity including casteism sexism classism and a history of sociopolitical and religious marginalisation. The result is a profound theologising of struggle and resistance with the sexual narratives of the oppressed. About the Author Eve Rebecca Parker Ph.D. (2016) University of St Andrews is Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education at Durham University. Her recent publications include The Virgin and the Whore – An Interreligious Challenge for Our Times The Ecumenical Review (2019).</p>
