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Mission For Diversity: Exploring Christian Mission In The Contemporary World. Edited By Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, Paul B. Steffen Svd
Mission For Diversity: Exploring Christian Mission In The Contemporary World. Edited By Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, Paul B. Steffen Svd
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
No abstract provided.
Signs Of Pandemic, Symbols Of Hope: A Sketch Of Pastoral Work In Liturgy, Antonius Firmansyah Sj
Signs Of Pandemic, Symbols Of Hope: A Sketch Of Pastoral Work In Liturgy, Antonius Firmansyah Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Bearing in mind that the faithful have already experienced the different impacts of COVID-19 in their daily life, pastoral workers need to find new ways of respecting the liturgical norms while also inviting and sustaining the spiritual motivation of the faithful to personally participate in liturgy. One possibility is through juxtaposing the signs of the pandemic encountered in our daily life with the symbols of liturgical celebration. To this end, pastoral workers need to facilitate an appropriate symbolic engagement process during liturgy.
Spiritual Life Of The Christian Immigrant And Non-Immigrant Family, Moses Mary Apreku
Spiritual Life Of The Christian Immigrant And Non-Immigrant Family, Moses Mary Apreku
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The Asia-Pacific Christian immigrants and non-immigrants have a huge impact on Western Christianity. Therefore, special pastoral care, faith, and spiritual formation should be given to immigrant families so that they can become efficient lay missionaries. Unfortunately, proper faith formation of the lay faithful is lacking in the Church, while by virtue of their baptism, they are also called to witness Christ in the world. The formation and training of Christians in the faith is essential so that as Christ’s disciples, they may become his efficient witnesses in the world. For this reason, Jesus took three years in training and forming …
Exploring Mission With Saint Paul Ten Pastoral-Theological Principles, James H. Kroeger Mm
Exploring Mission With Saint Paul Ten Pastoral-Theological Principles, James H. Kroeger Mm
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Saint Paul, apostle par excellence, tirelessly labored to spread the Gospel, particularly in the Gentile world. His missionary travels and encounter with diverse peoples, cultures, and religions form the matrix or context of his missionary methods. A comprehensive examination of Paul's writings yields much mission wisdom and insight shaped by his apostolic experience and dynamic faith. This presentation suggests ten “mission principles”—derived from Paul's direct mission experience coupled with his profound faith reflection and then “applied” to missionary engagement today.
Rebuilding From Covid-19: Pastoral Leadership Towards A New World, Christina Kheng
Rebuilding From Covid-19: Pastoral Leadership Towards A New World, Christina Kheng
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic calls for pastoral leadership that is spiritually-rooted, discerning, synodal, humble, and committed to rebuilding a better world. This article outlines a suggested process by which pastoral workers can reflect on the “pandemic year” together with their communities and exercise pastoral leadership in a collaborative way. In doing do, they might model a way of proceeding that brings new vitality to the Church’s life and mission in these challenging times.
Relationship Is At The Heart Of Dialogue: A Reflection On Engaging With Muslims In Delhi, Joseph Victor Edwin Sj
Relationship Is At The Heart Of Dialogue: A Reflection On Engaging With Muslims In Delhi, Joseph Victor Edwin Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
This essay proposes that 'relationship' is at the heart of Christian-Muslim Relations. I present two simple experiences that I had with a Muslim teacher and young Muslim students during my years of formation towards priesthood. Those experiences taught me the importance of taking roots among Muslims so that we can discover in one another a brother or a sister. An attitude nurtured by Nostra Aetate will flourish in an ambience of open ended conversation between Christians and Muslims that neither compromises one's faith convictions nor disregards the faith convictions of Muslim brothers and sisters.
Finding Christ In Photographs Of Suffering, Harry Setianto Sunaryo
Finding Christ In Photographs Of Suffering, Harry Setianto Sunaryo
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Photojournalists employ images in order to tell a news story, honestly and impartially while telling the story in strictly journalistic terms. Theologians, specialists in theology, reflect on faith as a personal response to God's self-communication. This article is an innovative attempt to bring them together, photojournalism and theology. Indeed, both make use of verbal and non-verbal language as well as a person's imagination. The author shows that both shall not exclude an urgent social concern for the common good. Here the author presents his reflection from a context of a country, the Philippines, in the middle of drug-war with its …
To Change A Culture: Reflections On One Attempt To Help Theology Students Reconsider Assumptions, Christine E. Burke Ibvm
To Change A Culture: Reflections On One Attempt To Help Theology Students Reconsider Assumptions, Christine E. Burke Ibvm
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
In a time described by Pope Francis as “not an era of change but a change of era,” assisting students to examine assumptions which are embedded in their culture is critical. Manila has many institutions dedicated to theological and pastoral formation. In a post Vatican II church, where baptism is recognized as empowering all to use their gifts as 'priests, prophets and kings'(spiritual leadership, commitment to justice, and governance), how can we help students to participate in a church challenged by the equality of women and men? Feminist theology offers rich resources to enable students to recognize and support the …
Incarnating The Missionary-Pastoral Character Of The Churches In Asia, Peter Pojol Sj
Incarnating The Missionary-Pastoral Character Of The Churches In Asia, Peter Pojol Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The emergence and growth of pastoral institutes in Asia manifests the missionary-pastoral trajectories that were made the center of the focus of the Church by Vatican II, echoed by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), and reaffirmed and rejuvenated for our time by Pope Francis. The pastoral institutes of Network Pastoral Asia and Inter-Institutional Collaboration illustrate this impetus. They invite sustained reflection on and creative application of the Council's “principle of pastorality,” which carefully attends to context and faithfully expresses the “centrifugal missionary dimension” of evangelization.
Lamentation And Hope Of University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic In The Light Of Psalm 73, Nikolas Kristiyanto
Lamentation And Hope Of University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic In The Light Of Psalm 73, Nikolas Kristiyanto
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging our faith and theology. Its impact is evident in our daily activities. For this reason, this article asks, “How widespread is the impact of COVID-19 on university students’ activities?” Then it tries to analyze that impact by using the structure of Psalm 73: (1) the credo, (2) lamentation, and (3) hope. It then provides a simple pastoral strategy to accompany the university students during this difficult time. This strategy involves all lecturers at every faculty in the university to redesign the teaching materials that can help students to reflect and to deepen their experiences during …
Ten Theological Trends For Mission In Asia: Fifty Years After Vatican Ii, Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo Omi
Ten Theological Trends For Mission In Asia: Fifty Years After Vatican Ii, Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo Omi
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Recently the East Asian Pastoral Institute was privileged to listen to Cardinal Orlando Quevedo speak about the future of mission in Asia. The documentation for this significant presentation was in the form of an outline with specific key points receiving emphasis. Clearly, the Cardinal was speaking from his many years of experience with the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC). An editor, conversant with the FABC, has refashioned the basic insights into a narrative presentation, always seeking to remain faithful to the key insights of Cardinal Quevedo. To better appreciate the ten pivotal points highlighted by the Cardinal, the editor …
The Marzeah Festival And The Judgment Of Israel In Amos 6:4–7, Tarsisius Sigho Svd
The Marzeah Festival And The Judgment Of Israel In Amos 6:4–7, Tarsisius Sigho Svd
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Amos, who addressed his prophecy to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II, is widely seen as a prophet of social injustice, since the minority wealthy elite groups in Israel were living a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of the poor. However, a close examination of the prophet's words will show that the worship of other gods was also one among other reasons of Israel's judgment by God. This is clear from the passage taken from Amos 6:4–7 that the cultic festival of Marzeah (Amos 6:7) was a direct reason for Israel to be taken exile.
Maturing As Believers Through Interreligious Encounters, Greg Soetomo Sj
Maturing As Believers Through Interreligious Encounters, Greg Soetomo Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
We believe that God is present, actively at work, and reveals Himself in various ways through the religions of humankind. Interreligious dialogue in all its forms can be mutually enriching and can help us in knowing and loving God more and in maturing as believers. It can also promote harmony and facilitate collaboration in building up the human family. The effective pastoral worker is one who is open to God’s Spirit in engaging with people of other faiths, and one who promotes meaningful inter-religious dialogue among peoples on all levels.
Critical Reflection And Pastoral Creativity: The Pilgrim Way Of The People Of God, Christina Kheng
Critical Reflection And Pastoral Creativity: The Pilgrim Way Of The People Of God, Christina Kheng
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Critical reflection and pastoral creativity are important orientations for mission. They involve being authentically present to a pastoral situation, appropriating relevant data, understanding with mind and heart, evaluating through purifying foundational beliefs, and formulating pastorally-sensitive and creative responses. It is a process that requires pastoral workers to be contemplatives-in-action as lifelong co-learners, connecting more deeply with God, self, others, and the context. This is in turn integral to synodality and communal discernment, and characterizes the pilgrim way of the people of God.
The Contribution Of Pastoral Institutes For An Inculturated And Contextualized Ministry, Paul B. Steffen Svd
The Contribution Of Pastoral Institutes For An Inculturated And Contextualized Ministry, Paul B. Steffen Svd
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
This article focuses on the contribution of pastoral institutes for an inculturated and contextualized ministry in the non-Western local churches. The treated pastoral institutes in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania have played an outstanding role in implementing the communion ecclesiology of Vatican II in their respective local churches by moving towards an inculturated Christian faith and church and a contextualized Christian and ecclesial praxis. By following the Vatican II appeal to read and scrutinize the signs of the times, they played a catalytic function in the local non-Western churches to evangelize and to develop a meaningful ministry and participatory …
The Feminine Spirituality Of St. Teresa Of Avila: Ascending To God By Descending In Humility, Annie Pan Yi Jung
The Feminine Spirituality Of St. Teresa Of Avila: Ascending To God By Descending In Humility, Annie Pan Yi Jung
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Teresa’s spirituality helps contemporary readers to discover a transcendental path to God – inwardness is not an end in itself; it leads above and is the path toward God. Her writings inspire contemporary readers to reflect on the danger of self-transcendence spirituality, which emphasizes the self’s autonomy and self-sufficiency without dependency on God. Moreover, she helps contemporary Christians to be aware of the peril of self-actualization spirituality, which relies on self-service and selfaffirmation rather than on God’s love and grace.
Spirituality For Eapi: Forming Pastoral Servants With Discerning Hearts, Francisco Machado
Spirituality For Eapi: Forming Pastoral Servants With Discerning Hearts, Francisco Machado
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
This paper articulates how the East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) understands and seeks to foster spirituality. The ideas expressed here are the author’s attempt to convey his own understanding of what good spirituality is and of how EAPI can foster it among its participants. After an introduction about the relevance of spirituality for the formation of pastoral workers, a general definition of spirituality is given. This is followed by a reflection on how some key elements typical of the Asia Pacific context can and should affect our spirituality. The central idea explored in the rest of the paper is that …
Care For Creation And Works Of Mercy, Dennis T. Gonzalez
Care For Creation And Works Of Mercy, Dennis T. Gonzalez
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
In this age of disquiet owing to climate change and contemporary ecological-social calamities, a pastoral Church needs to form servantleaders who can be imaginative practitioners of ecological works of mercy, or who can sow seeds of the New Creation, which reveals the freedom, fidelity, empathy, and eco-social responsibility and maturity of God's sons and daughters in Christ.
Catholics In Independent Indonesia: 1945–2010 By Karel A. Steenbrink, Paul B. Steffen
Catholics In Independent Indonesia: 1945–2010 By Karel A. Steenbrink, Paul B. Steffen
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
No abstract provided.
Toward Effective Mission In Asia Pacific Today: Key Orientations For Pastoral Workers And Implications For Formation, Christina Kheng
Toward Effective Mission In Asia Pacific Today: Key Orientations For Pastoral Workers And Implications For Formation, Christina Kheng
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The current context of Asia Pacific, viewed in the light of foundational principles for the Church’s mission, requires pastoral workers to develop certain key orientations for effective ministry today. These include spiritual depth and maturity, Christ-centeredness, personal integration, meaningful communion with the ecclesial body, proactiveness in mission through life-giving dialogue, and pastoral discernment and creativity. In association with this, greater collaboration is needed in the initial and ongoing formation of pastoral workers so that the Church’s mission in Asia Pacific will be more effective in these times. It is hoped that this article will provide food for thought toward the …
The Contribution Of Daniel Madigan’S Theological Insights To Interreligious Dialogue In Indonesia, B. Christian Triyudo Prastowo
The Contribution Of Daniel Madigan’S Theological Insights To Interreligious Dialogue In Indonesia, B. Christian Triyudo Prastowo
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Interreligious dialogue has three interrelated dimensions: an interreligious dimension (mutual relationship), a dialogical dimension (effective communication), and a confessional dimension (deepening of faith and cooperation). This essay explores how Madigan’s theological reflection on dialogue with Muslims fits within those dimensions. Through descriptive-analytical and reflective-dialectical approaches, this essay concludes that the three interrelated dimensions of interreligious dialogue explain the holistic view of Madigan’s theological reflection. It is very useful for Christian-Muslim dialogue in Indonesian context. Two important contributions are the relevance of the dialogue of repentance and the approach of mutual hospitality in theological dialogue with Muslims. This is the kenosis …
Editorial Notes, Luc Mees M.D.J.
Two Thousand Years Of The Church's Mission In Asia: Waves Of Evangelization, Holiness, And Martyrdom, Felipe Gómez Sj
Two Thousand Years Of The Church's Mission In Asia: Waves Of Evangelization, Holiness, And Martyrdom, Felipe Gómez Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The Church’s mission in Asia has been going on for two millennia. Felipe Gómez sketches in broad strokes the history of missionary efforts in different parts of the continent. From the first century onwards, multifaceted saga of Christian mission in Asia involved the laity; Christian traders and migrants inconspicuously enhanced the laying of the groundwork for the Gospel proclamation. The radiance in the lives of holy laymen and laywomen and the blood of lay martyrs are eloquent signs of God ever at work in the hearts of Asians.
Vatican Ii: A “Crisigenic” Council With An Unwritten Agenda, Aloysius Pieris Sj
Vatican Ii: A “Crisigenic” Council With An Unwritten Agenda, Aloysius Pieris Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
The Second Vatican Council was like a new Pentecost which John XXIII invoked upon the Church. The Council emphasized a pastoral renewal that required attitudinal as well as structural change. Pieris offers the “Council” of Jerusalem as a precedent: it also dealt with a crisis that called for a conciliar decision. Since then, Vatican II is the first council to make crisigenic decisions which triggered both a caesura from the euro-ecclesial domination and a renewal in theology, spirituality, and sacramental life. Reform is from the center, renewal from the periphery. Fidelity to the Council demands maintaining the momentum of renewal …
From “Ad Gentes” To “Active Integral Evangelization”: The Reception Of Vatican Ii’S Mission Theology In Asia, Jonathan Y. Tan
From “Ad Gentes” To “Active Integral Evangelization”: The Reception Of Vatican Ii’S Mission Theology In Asia, Jonathan Y. Tan
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Jonathan Y. Tan shows that, while FABC recognizes the contribution of the Vatican II documents Ad Gentes and Nostra Aetate to its own mission theology, it gives preference to the latter’s dialogical path. Asians of other faiths are partners and collaborators in mutual witness; thus the possibility of an extraecclesial means of salvation, which both FABC and Vatican II affirm, might soon gain a foothold. Asian bishops envision active integral evangelization as the way forward, building upon the tentative vision of Vatican II.
Editorial Notes, Greg Soetomo Sj
A Brief History Of The Catholic Church In Vietnam, Peter N. V. Hai
A Brief History Of The Catholic Church In Vietnam, Peter N. V. Hai
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
In a succinct form, Peter N. V. Hai traces the historical growth of the Church in Vietnam from its beginning (1533) to its present maturation. He brings out salient features of such development: the lay people’s exemplary witness of faith, at times to the point of shedding their blood, their fidelity to the Church, and their zeal for lay ministry. At present they are taking a fuller role in the evangelizing mission of the Church.
Challenges To The Churches In Asia Today, Georg Evers
Challenges To The Churches In Asia Today, Georg Evers
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Georg Evers, in “Challenges to the Churches in Asia Today,” begins with a brief overview of the situation of the Asian churches before Vatican II. He then discusses the significance of the Council for the Asian churches with special attention to the founding of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. He describes the main characteristics of the Catholic churches in Asia. In the main theme of his talk, “The Challenges to the Asian Churches,” Evers presents prophetic figures who have inspired the churches to radical Christian commitment and invites us to examine contemporary secular and theological challenges.
Women In Society And In The Church Of Tamil Nadu, M. Baby Kamala
Women In Society And In The Church Of Tamil Nadu, M. Baby Kamala
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
M. Baby Kamala shows that Tamil society, formerly matriarchal and pluralistic, is now patriarchal, and women in the society are in an ambiguous position. They are culturally voiceless and politically powerless. Customs and hardline practices suppress and oppress them. In arguing that women are victims both in society and in the Church, Kamala discusses such issues as low wages for women, inheritance laws, female infanticide, the dowry, and calls for a “discipleship of equals” as a new way of being Church in Asia.
Is There An Asian Way Of Doing Theology?, Michael Amaladoss Sj
Is There An Asian Way Of Doing Theology?, Michael Amaladoss Sj
Asia Pacific Mission Studies
Michael Amaladoss, S.J., gives us further insights into Asian theology, describing it as contextual, holistic, and more right-brain-oriented. He gives many interesting examples and concludes with an appeal for the acceptance of pluralism in theology.