Toward a Relational Spirit Ecclesiology in Asia

ISBN-13: 9783639134988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str.

Abraham Kadaliyil

Opis

A Relational Spirit Ecclesiology in Asia is a historical, analytical and systematic study focusing on the meaning of church and its mission in contemporary Asia as presented in the documents of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences. This work asserts that the new way of being and becoming church in and with contemporary Asia is based on an operative theology: Relational Spirit Ecclesiology. This Relational Spirit Ecclesiology considers Christ as the motivating center and the Spirit as the guiding center of the Asian churchs mission and life in the Asian context of many religions, many cultures and many poor. The Spirit-guided mission of the church, therefore, can no longer be considered merely a mission to the peoples of Asia (missio ad gentes) or a mission among the peoples of Asia (missio inter gentes). Rather, the mission of the Asian church, permeated by a Relational Spirit Ecclesiology, necessitates a mission with the peoples of Asia (missio cum Gentibus). Moreover, this mission is carried out in a distinctive Asian mode of mission: triple dialogue.

O autorze

Abraham Kadaliyil is a member of the Congregation of the
Missionary Brothers of St. Francis (CMSF). He is currently the
Dean of Vidya Deep College: C.R.I. Brothers Institute of
Theology, Bangalore. Kadaliyil received a doctorate in
systematic theology from the Graduate Theological Union in
Berkeley, California.