PART I: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN THE POSTCOLONY Introduction Cultural Identity in Homi Bhabha\'s The Location of Culture Theological Identity in Karl Rahner Hybrid Religious Strategies: \'Hearing the Word\' in the Postcolony Conclusion PART II: EMBODIED ETHICS AND LOVE IN THE POSTCOLONY Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Postcolonial Feminist Ethics Existential Ethics in Karl Rahner: the Fundamental Option Embodying Love as the Singular Caress of the Doer of the Word Conclusion PART III: MYSTICISM AND SPIRITUALITY OF NONVIOLENCE IN THE POSTCOLONY Ashis Nandy and Critical Traditionalism Indifferent Freedom in Karl Rahner Seeking the Eternal in the Intimate: Nonviolent Spirituality as Practice of Theory Conclusion