How can India--a land of intense poverty as well as unparalled spirituality--be liberated? Where do the sources for its liberation lie? Leave the Temple brings together writings that weigh the practical and theoretical problems of hermeneutic ""pre-understandings"" of the socio-political situation in South Asia. Is the challenge of social transformation and human liberation one in which people must ""leave the temple"" to embrace the freeing insights of secularization? Or does leaving the temple--to find God in the world of suffering humanity--provide a richness and empowerment that secular...

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.
Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers from all over the world
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Introduction. Theology in a world of specialization / Erik Borgman, Felix Wilfred -- The social background to the process of differentiation in society and the life worlds of human beings / Karl Gabriel -- Theology in the modern university: whither specialization? / Felix Wilfred -- Theology and religious studies in an age of fragmentation / Sheila Greeve Davaney -- 'Many have undertaken-- and I too decided': the one story or the many? / Elaine Wainwright -- Theological ethics without theology: assessing theological-ethical reflection of moral challenges posed by pluralism in relation to...

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Kung, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology. Published five times a year, each issue reflects a deep knowledge and scholarship presented in a highly readable style, and each issue offers a wide variety of viewpoints from leading thinkers from all over the world."

Concilium is an international theological journal published five times a year in five languages. With its origins in the renewal of Catholic theological thinking following the Second Vatican Council, "Concilium" draws together a wide range of the best of current leading theological writers from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. It is a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted firmly in the Catholic heritage, open to other Christian tradition and the world's faiths. Each issue of "Concilium" focuses on a theme of crucial importance and the widest possible concern for our time....

Editorial
Bishops and Theologians: Tensions Old and New
Part One: Contexts
Magisterium and Theology in Africa
ELOI MESSI METOGO
The Magisterium and Asian Theologians
GEORG EVERS
Church, Theology and Magisterium in Latin America
AGENOR BRIGHENTI
Magisterium and Theology: Principles and Facts
ANDRES TORRES QUEIRUGA
Theologians and Bishops: Good Procedures Promote Collaboration
JAMES A. CORIDEN
Teaching as Learning: An Asian View
PETER C. PHAN
Part Two: Theological Forum
Introduction: Silence in the Church
Relations between Truth,...

Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies

Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread...