Del 22 - Theology and Mission in World Christianity

Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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“The future of the Church is in Asia.” (Pope Francis to the Philippine Cardinal Tagle.) Asian Catholic bishops have taken up this challenge since 1970; they show how the Asian Church navigates itself in the midst of Asian religious and cultural plurality. An image of a harmonious, dialogical and inclusive church with its wayfarer’s theology emerges in the theological thought of Asian bishops. This book also shows that the Asian Catholic Church is a lively and vibrant communion of local Churches, whose fresh and inspiring theological thought should be studied and welcomed outside of Asia as well.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-28
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt571 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTheology and Mission in World Christianity
Antal sidor334
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004509641

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Jukka Helle, Ph.D (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2018), is a Lutheran pastor. He served 17 years as a missionary in Thailand where he has taught at many theological seminaries and colleges in Thailand. He has co-authored many books in English/Thai for the use of Thai churches, and also many articles on Asian contextual theology (mainly in Finnish). He is a member of International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS), International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM), and Asian Liturgy Forum. Currently he serves as Executive Secretary for Mission and International Work in the Diocese of Kuopio, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1 Introduction1 The Search for a New Identity – The 1970 Asian Bishops’ Meeting as the Beginning of the FABC2 Features of the Development of Contextual Theologies3 A Few Pioneering Asian Catholic Contextual Theologians4 Task of This Study and Its Method and Sources5 Motivation of This Study and Earlier Research on the FABC’s Theology2 Asian Contexts Challenge the Christian Gospel in Asia1 Towards Being Asian2 Harmony as a Major Element of an Asian Worldview3 Towards an Asian Understanding of Truth1 Asian Truth: Universal, Practical, and Non-exclusivist2 Dialogue as a Means towards a Better Understanding of Truth3 The Asian Wayfarer on the Way towards Truth4 The FABC’s Wayfaring Theology Challenges Traditional Understanding of Church’s Tradition4 The FABC’s Encounter with Asian Contextual Realities1 Word of God/Logos spermatikos as a Bridge-Builder between the Universal and the Local2 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Religions3 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Cultures4 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Socio-Political Realities (the Poor)5 The Question of Sin with Regard to Asian Contextual Realities6 Logos, Christ, and the Spirit5 The Local Church in Service of Asian Peoples1 Searching for Asian Faces of Jesus2 An Asian Church with an Asian Face of Jesus: What Kind of Community, What Kind of Mission?3 A Theological Methodology Compatible with Asia6 Postscript: The FABC during the Pontificate of Pope Francis7 Conclusions: The Journey Continues1 Conclusion Based on the Postscript ChapterBibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index