Towards an Asian decolonial Christian hospitality: Shù (恕), Pachinko, and the migrant other

Abstract

ABSTRACT The community of faith and the wider community live in multicultural and transnational realities. Because the people of a community are entangled with various contexts, the identity of a community is fluid, porous, hybrid, and constantly changing. In response to a motley environment, faith communities need a multi-voiced and interactive ministry that is deeply aware of and involved in the knowledge and experiences of those who are historically marginalised by colonisation and recurring violence. This article proposes hospitality based on lament in a way that acknowledges, empathizes with, and participates in those suffering from the various oppressions brought by a multicultural reality. This study will present Pachinko to deepen our insight into the oppression we have faced and to explore how hospitality is working in oppression. This study investigates hospitality based on the Asian concept of shù (恕) and argues that lament can be an energy that is used in the practice of hospitality. Then this study explores how hospitality applies to multicultural faith communities. Through these studies, a way can and will be suggested not only about practicing epistemic justice but also about how to consider the possibility of ideal hospitality.