Hadje Cresencio Sadje: Can NON-WESTERN THINK THEOLOGICALLY?

PUBLICATIONS: Books, Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Peer-Reviewed Articles, Non-Peer Reviewed Articles, and Forthcoming Projects

Books

Following its change in name from Christian Peacemaker Teams to Community Peacemaker Teams, CPT Europe places significant theologically-informed emphases on political, economic, and public policy advocacy. The identity of CPT Europe differs markedly from traditional theological and pastoral approaches, but does not preclude theological interpretations of its work. This booklet explores how CPT Europe’s work can inform a contextually sensitive, socially relevant, and liberating form of Christian faith that is immersed in the everyday lives of people, especially refugee lives. Although it is not solely a Christian organization, the work of CPT rests on a strong theological affirmation of immersion as a concrete approach to doing theology at the borders of this world. The work of CPT Europe shows how theological reflection at the borderland should not remain academic exercise, but instead it ought to emerge in the context of common people, especially the poor, the vulnerable, and the oppressed. In brief, this booklet argues that theology cannot be done without taking lived realities into account, and it demonstrates this conclusion by showing how CPT Europe provides a paradigm for doing theology – seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching God – at the borderland. Praise for Theology at the Border Hadje Cresencio Sadje’s perspective on CPT-Europe’s work with refugees at Lesbos starts with the assumption that theology is rightly formed by encounters at the margins – particularly in distressed places where Christ is found among “crucified people” – rather than theology being brought to such encounters from outside. Theology at the Border is focused on seeing/hearing/touching God, and it begins where faith both confronts human realities and is shaped by them. In this book, experience contextualizes and shapes one’s perspective on God, and not the other way around. This is what the immersive work of CPT-Europe does, and although that work involves many mundane tasks, as these tasks are accomplished theology takes shape and hearts are changed. –Reverend Dr. Tricia Gates Brown, editor of Getting in the Way: Stories from Christian Peacemaker Teams, author of Jesus Loves Women: A Memoir of Body and Spirit, and author of ReligionMatters.substack.com Hadje Sadje presents a provocative view that God of the poor, marginalized, and displaced is involved in their everyday struggles. In a theologically engaging manner, Sadje’s Theology at the Border displays how the Christian community should be at the forefront of the fight for human dignity and social justice, especially in response to the global migration and refugee crisis. This booklet is a must-read for clergy and concerned Christian seeking to proclaim and embody God’s Good News for the broken and damaged world. –Reverend Samuel Lee, Director of Center for Theology of Migration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Founding President of Foundation Academy of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Edited Books

● Bernard Umali Mabalay, (Re)Constructing Theology of Struggle: From postcolonial lens ed. by Hadje Cresencio Sadje (Hamburg: Missionsakademie an der Universität Hamburg, 2025).

● Wilfredo H. Tangunan,Theologies of Social Transformation: Exploration and Appraisal of Three Filipino Methodist Theologians, ed. by Hadje Cresencio Sadje (USA: Ekpyrosis Press, 2023).

Book Chapters

● ‘Anthropocene’ or ‘Global Coloniality’?: A Decolonial Theological Reflection, in Facing Climate Collapse: Ecology, Theology and Capitalocence (UK: SCM Press, 2025). https://chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334066330/facing-climate-collapse

● “Buhay sa Ilalim ng Pananakop o Okupasyong Militar: Isang Engkuwentro sa Realidad ng Hidwaang Israel at Palestina,” sa Banwa at Layag: Antolohiya ng mga Kuwentong Paglalakbay ng mga Pilipino sa Ibayong Dagat, ed. Axle Christien J. Tugano. (Ermita, Manila: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan, 2023), pp. 208-216. See: https://www.academia.edu/97971370/BUHAY_SA_ILALIM_NG_PANANAKOP_O_OKUPASYONG_MILITAR_ISANG_ENGKUWENTRO_SA_REALIDAD_NG_HIDWAANG_ISRAEL_AT_PALESTINA

● “Waarom ben je hier, omdat jij daar was: Isang Repleksiyong Dekolonyal Ukol sa EU Refugee Crisis,” sa Banwa at Layag: Antolohiya ng mga Kuwentong Paglalakbay ng mga Pilipino sa Ibayong Dagat, ed. Axle Christien J. Tugano. (Ermita, Manila: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan, 2023), pp. 250-264. See: https://www.academia.edu/97971515/WAAROM_BEN_JE_HIER_OMDAT_JIJ_DAAR_WAS_ISANG_REPLEKSIYONG_DEKOLONYAL_UKOL_SA_EU_REFUGEE_CRISIS

● Co-Authored Ma. Glovedi Joy L. Bigornia, “The Great Reset: (Re)imaging, (Re)liberating, and (Re)embracing Theologies of Liberation in the Age of Hyper-Uncertainty,” in Haunting Questions of Liberation Theology edited by Jione Havea (UK: SCM Press, 2025). https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Questions-Liberation-Theology-author/dp/0334066506

● “Stripping the thief in the night: Decolonizing Pentecostal Eschatology during COVID,” in Doing Theology in a New Normal, ed. Joine Havea. (UK: SCM Press, 2021), pp. 130-146. https://www.amazon.com.be/-/en/Jione-Havea/dp/0334060648

● “What Does Theology Do, Actually? [Un]Doing Filipino Theologies,” in What Does Theology Do, Actually? Eds. Matthew Ryan
Robinson and Inja Inderst. (Leipzig: Evangelischer Verlagsanstalt, 2020, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt), pp. 45-58. https://www.amazon.com.be/-/nl/Inja-Inderst/dp/3374066348

Book Reviews

● BARBA, Lloyd D., Andrea Shan JOHNSON, and Daniel RAMÍREZ (eds). Oneness Pentecostalism: Race, Gender, and Culture. PentecoStudies, 22(2), (2025): 206–208.  https://doi.org/10.1558/pent.32039

● Third Wave Pentecostalism in the Philippines: Understanding Toronto Blessing Revivalism’s Signs and Wonders Theology in the Philippines by Lora Angeline Embudo Timenia, Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2020. 188 pp. $13.99 paperback; $37.97 hardcover. ISBN-13: 978-1725294219. https://aptspress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AJPS-27.2-FULL.pdf

● Theology Compromised: Schleiermacher, Troeltsch, and the Possibility
of a Sociological Theology by Matthew Ryan Robinson and Evan F. Kuehn, Maryland: Fortress Academic; Bilingual edition, 2019, 160 pp, $ 90.00 hardcover. Submitted to the Journal of Sociology and Christianity, USA. https://sociologyandchristianity.org/index.php/jsc/article/view/187

● Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting A Badass Christianity by Miguel A. De La Torre, USA: Wim. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2019, pp. xi, 153 (hardback 978- 0802876881). Submitted to the Lux Veritatis: Journal of the Interdisciplinary Studies University of Santo Tomas – Legazpi Philippines. https://luxveritatis.ust-legazpi.edu.ph/?page_id=1421

Peer-Reviewed Articles

● “Hope against Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks in the times of COVID-19,” The Conrad Grebel Review 2023 Issue (on the process).

● Co-Authored “The Ugamo Malim Minority Group and Their Legal and Human Rights Challenges in Indonesia,” Scholars International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice Abbreviated Key Title: Sch Int J Law Crime Justice ISSN 2616-7956 (Print)
|ISSN 2617-3484 (Online)
Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The link to the article is: https://saudijournals.com/media/articles/SIJLCJ_48_512-523_FT.pdf

● “Karl Gaspar’s Transformative Spirituality: Rediscovering the Precolonial
Philippine Spirituality and its Challenge to Contemporary Filipino Pentecostal
Spiritualities,” Scientia: The International Journal on Liberal Arts, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, 2020, pp. 1-12. The link to the article is: https://scientia-sanbeda.org/index.php/scientia/article/view/125

● “Asserting Human Dignity, Redeeming Advanced Modern Technologies:
Continuing Legacy of John Paul II,” Jnanam: A Peer-reviewed Researched Edited Book, Vol. 2 (Assam: Purbayon Publication, 2020), pp. 17-35.

● “What would Jesus do? The Hermeneutics of the Kingdom of God: A Prophetic Call, Critic, and Action against Human Suffering using John Caputo’s Deconstruction,” ASEAN Journal of Religious and Cultural Research Volume 1 Issue 3, (2019): 12-24. The link to the article is: https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ajrcr/article/view/248680.

● “Ang mga Mito tungkol sa Hidwaang Israeli at Palestino/ The Myths About Israel/Palestine Conflict,” Dunong: The Official Graduate Research Refereed Journal University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi City, Volume 13, Issue 1, September 2018, pp. 50-65. The link to the article is:

● “The Fatal Embrace? A Critical Reflection on Carl Raschke’s Proposal, Why
Conservative Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity?”
Scientia: The International Journal on Liberal Arts, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2018, pp. 73-89. The link to the article is: https://scientia-sanbeda.org/index.php/scientia/article/view/97

● “Grassroots Theology In The Philippines As A Third Way Beyond Pentecostal
And Liberation Theologies,”
QUEST: Studies on Religion & Culture in Asia, Vol. 3, 2018, pp. 1-14. The link to the article is: https://www.theology.cuhk.edu.hk/quest/index.php/quest/article/view/59.

● “’Jesus said, I have the Other Sheep’: The Palestinian/Arab Christians in
Occupied Palestine,” Christianity in the Middle East, (2018), No. 4. pp. 104-120. The link to the article is: http://cmideast.ru/en/search/2017/christianity-in-the-middle-east-4-2017/jesus-said-ihave-the-other-sheep-the-palestinian-arab-christians-in-occupied-palestine.php.

● “The Tragedy of Rohingya people, Their Tragedies or Ours? A Filipino’s
Reflection on the role of ASEAN Community,”
JATI-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 22, No. 1, pp. 48-57, (ISSN 1823 – 4127)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya The link to the article is: http://jati.um.edu.my/index.php/jati/issue/view/844

● “Dezionisation of Christian Eschatology in a Quest for the Emancipation of
Palestinians,” Lux Veritatis: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 2 No. 1, (March 17, 2017), pp. 53- 69. Aquinas University-Bicol Philippines The link to the article is: http://luxveritatis.aq.edu.ph/

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

● “The Prophetic Imagination in the Age of Refugees” published by Mozaik: World Student Christian Federation Europe Region Ecumenical Journal Issue 37 (2017). The link to the article is: https://issuu.com/wscfeurope/docs/mozaik_37_lssuu

● “Texts of Oppression or Liberation?” published by Mozaik: World Student Christian Federation Europe Region Ecumenical Journal Issue 35 (2016). The link to the article is: https://issuu.com/wscfeurope/docs/mozaik_36_export2

● “The Third Space” published by Mozaik: World Student Christian Federation Europe Region Ecumenical Journal Issue 35 (2016). The link to the article is: https://issuu.com/wscfeurope/docs/mozaik35_web

Forthcoming/Current Projects (Monographs, Edited Books, Research Projects, etc.,)

● Gapang: Isang Mabathalang Pag-aaral sa isang uri ng Penitensiya sa Saysain, Bagac, Bataan, Sinulat ni Jaworski Duka-Linag, Inedit ni Hadje Cresencio Sadje (2023, on the process).

● Mabathalang Pag-aaral: Kuwentong Buhay ng Ilang Tagapagtaguyod ng Teolohiyang Pilipino, Inedit ni Mark Joseph Pascua Santos at Hadje Cresencio Sadje (2024, on the process).

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