Dalit Liberative Hermeneutics: Indian Christian Dalit Interpretation of Psalm 22

Rev. Dr. Kondasingu Jesurathnam is Professor of Old Testament at the United Theological College, Bangalore, South India. Also, he is an ordained minister of Telugu Baptist Church. During the year 2014 (Jan-Dec), he spent his year-long sabbatical in the United States. During this period, he taught at the two seminaries: Columbia Theological Seminary at Georgia and Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, as visiting Professor. His special areas of interests include Old Testament Theology, Psalms and Prophetic books. His scholarly venture also includes his magnum opus, published recently, `Exploring Dalit Liberative Hermeneutics in India and the World', integrating the methodology of Dalit Hermeneutics with the Old Testament texts. His wife Beatrice Veena teaches in the United Theological College Nursery School and his son David Sunil Wesley Raju is a postgraduate student in Bangalore in the area of English Literature.