Este libro surge de la conviccion de que necesitamos reflexionar sobre el sentido de ser Iglesia en el mundo contemporaneo. Vivimos en una epoca de crisis y de rapidos cambios sociales y culturales que han cuestionado el modo de ser Iglesia tanto desde afuera--desde la sociedad donde esta actua--como desde adentro de ella misma.
Y ello nos conduce a repasar las preguntas esenciales de la fe:
- ¿Cual es el fundamento de la Iglesia?
- ¿Quienes somos?
- ¿Quien es el Cristo en el cual creemos?
- ¿Cual es la mision de la Iglesia?
- ¿Que significan los sacramentos a los que recurrimos?...

This little book resulted from the conviction that we need to contemplate what it is to be the church in the contemporary world. We are aware that we are living in a time of crisis, with rapid social and cultural changes that challenge the way we have been a church: challenges that come not only from outside the institution--from the society where it acts--but from the inside as well. In this book we face old and new questions: What is the foundation of the church? Who are we as Christians? Who is this Jesus Christ in whom we believe? What is the mission of the church today? Proclaiming the...

Violence in its wide range of horrifying expressions is real in people's lives, and biblical interpreters must take violence in the world seriously to arrive at exegetically noteworthy and culturally-theologically relevant ideas about the place of the Bible in the world. These twelve essays illustrate the range of biblical meanings when scholars, living and working on the American continent, address people's experiences of violence in the study of the Bible through the context of la violencia. La violencia, the Spanish noun, refers to the brutal, repressive, and murderous policies of...

Violence in its wide range of horrifying expressions is real in people's lives, and biblical interpreters must take violence in the world seriously to arrive at exegetically noteworthy and culturally-theologically relevant ideas about the place of the Bible in the world. These twelve essays illustrate the range of biblical meanings when scholars, living and working on the American continent, address people's experiences of violence in the study of the Bible through the context of la violencia. La violencia, the Spanish noun, refers to the brutal, repressive, and murderous policies of...

You are holding a collection of short stories that reveal how every aspect of life takes a particular dimension when considered from the perspective of faith in relationship with everyday experiences. From the darkness of human selfishness, the author manages to bring forth the light of God, inviting us to feel gratitude even under the most challenging situations. Rev. Andinach has transcended the dogma of religion to share with us the bittersweet experience of simply being a human being in a world constantly searching for divine guidance. ""Pablo Andinach is an internationally renowned...