Postcolonial Europe in the Crucible of Cultures : Reckoning with God in a World of Conflicts.
Title:
Postcolonial Europe in the Crucible of Cultures : Reckoning with God in a World of Conflicts.
Author:
Haers, Jacques.
ISBN:
9789401204699
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Series:
Currents of Encounter - Studies on the Contact between Christianity and Other Religions, Beliefs, an ; v.34
Currents of Encounter - Studies on the Contact between Christianity and Other Religions, Beliefs, an
Contents:
Postcolonial Europe in the Crucible of Cultures -- Contents -- Introduction: Europe's Global Context as a Theological Challenge -- PART I: GLOBALIZATION -- "Back to the Rough Ground": Locating Resistance in Times of Globalization -- Economic Globalization and the Ethical Debate -- The Postcolonial Claim for Culture: Inculturation and Africanism -- "The Future of the Church is in our Hands": Christian Migrants in the Netherlands -- PART II: WARS AND VIOLENT CONFLICTS -- Towards a Theological Hermeneutics of Violence -- "You Love Life and We Love Death": A Crucible Difference Concerning God's Power in the Aftermath of Terror -- Recognizing God in Nonviolence: A Reflection on Mark 15:39 -- Opportunities and Threats for Religions in Conflict and Violence: How (Not) to Use the Name of God -- Why Are We So Inclined to Evil? Religious Views on the Sources of Evil -- PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES -- Globalization, Ecology and Sustainability: How Sustainable is Sustainable Development? -- Whose Universality? Which Interdependence? Human Rights, Social Responsibility and Ecological Integrity -- PART IV: GENDER -- Latin-American Theologies Developed by Women -- Human Dignity Violated by Increasing Aggression: A Gender Analysis -- List of Authors.
Abstract:
Over the past forty years Europe has grown as a global presence and today it plays an important role in a variety of ways: politically, socially, economically, and culturally. European theologians have no choice but to take cognizance of this fact and respond to the broad social challenges by clarifying their views on God and being a prophetic voice in cultural, political and social decision-making. The authors in this volume take up four main contemporary global challenges, i.e. globalization, violence, gender, and the environment, and the volume provides its readers with first-rate theological reflections in Europe. The articles offered here are the result of an intensive workshop held in Leuven in September 2004 and are sponsored by the European Commission and the VLIR, as part of a three-year study program on the understanding of God in Europe.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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