Eucharist: Communion of Suffering Humanity. Artist Rev. Jebasingh Samuvel 

'Painting Against Caste Violence Is My Resistance'

A Q&A with Sri Lankan Artist and Priest Rev. Jebasingh Samuvel

Jesus came to liberate people. That’s what Jesus has done in his ministry. When we read Jesus’ parables and quotes in Luke’s gospel, as well as in Matthew, you can find out that Jesus is a social reformer. So that is in the Palestinian context. When we see Jesus as our God, we should contextualize him in our own context, so then we can see Jesus as our God, or else he’ll be a normal human being — like Martin Luther, Martin Luther King — but he is different from other liberators.

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Daniel Sunkari

Daniel Sunkari (dansunkari.com) is a writer living in Long Beach, California. He works with Servant Partners, a spiritual movement pursuing transformation in poor urban communities, and writes about faith, caste, and diasporic South Asian identity.