Abstract
During the summer of 1996, the writer attended a conference of Asian Christians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the only non-Asian observer. This event was sponsored by the Programme for Theology with Asian Resources, a theological forum growing out of the Christian Conference of Asia. Fifty Asians gathered from more than twenty countries to investigate the topic, “Doing Theology with Asian Resources.” As we listened to the diverse stories of those assembled, a recurring theme emerged: Flow can we be Christian and still be Asian? The conundrum of Asian Christian experience reflects both gratitude to Euro-American Christian missionaries for a legacy of the Good News of Jesus Christ and frustration as Christians for feeling like cultural aliens in their own land. Euro-North American influences remain stifling, especially in the areas of liturgical ritual and congregational song.