La teología de la liberación y la Iglesia intacta de Ratzinger – La Jornada
Sin duda uno de los temas que más llama la atención es la postura del papa Benedicto XVI frente a una de las corrientes teológicas y pastorales más importantes en América Latina: nos referimos a la teología de la liberación…
These comments from Pope Benedict XVI are completely irresponsible and show his ignorance to the history of our people in America 5oo years ago and the effects of the colonization today. It is incredible that at a time where indigenous people are pulling a chair and claiming their place at their table, someone would do something so ridiculous as to suggest that “American Indians had been “silently longing” to become Christians 500 years ago.”
BBC NEWS | Americas | Anger at Popes Brazil comments
Pope Benedict XVI told Latin American bishops in Brazil that American Indians had been “silently longing” to become Christians 500 years ago.
Some thoughts on the future of the church by my good friend Tom Sine.
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Excellent article and inteview on cross cultural mission and global christianity with Rt. Rev. Dr. David Zac Niringiye
Experiencing Life at the Margins | Christianity Today
One of the gravest threats to the North American church is the deception of power—the deception of being at the center. Those at the center tend to think, “The future belongs to us. We are the shapers of tomorrow. The process of gospel transmission, the process of mission—all of it is on our terms, because we are powerful, because we are established. We have a track record of success, after all.”
The church by the middle years of next century is going to be much more involved in a renewal of spirituality. And the spirituality will be community based. Churches will be more community centers than kind of liturgical museums. They will be much more active on the grass-roots level in areas of social concern. They will be dealing with some major issues that are already emerging in our time — issues of the difference between the northern and the southern areas of the globe, such as global debt; and questions of technology, such as genetic engineering, euthanasia and social engineering. These will be topics these new grass root parishes and churches will be dealing with.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Steven Charleston: President and Professor of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA