Christ, the Suffering God of the Sub-Continent

“Who” is Jesus Christ? is a deeper question. It refers to
the mystery of Christ and to the mystery of the one who raises the 
question. Both the answers, one referring to his identification and
the other referring to his identity are needed. The first one can­
not but be contextual. The second one too, though universal and

absolute cannot escape the limitations of historical, social, cul­-
tural and philosophical terms which are used to articulate it.
This identity of Christ as the God who suffers in the least, last
and the lost as well as in those who create systems of oppression 
as they are dehumanizing themselves is a radically new revela-­
tion of God in the cross of Jesus. Therefore, any spiritualization
o f  the cross without revealing a God who suffers with humans
who suffer and that does not demand a radical commitment to
the integral transformation of society would empty the cross of
its absolute significance. It is the Christ who suffers who resur-­
rects in those people and movements that strive for a better hu­
man life. A meaningful and transforming experience of Jesus
Christ and a relevant proclamation about him and his Kingdom
values in the Indian Sub-continent calls for a Christology of a
suffering Christ.