Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50964-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

Reihe: Theology and Mission in World Christianity

“The future of the Church is in Asia.” (Pope Francis to the Philippine Cardinal Tagle.) Asian Catholic bishops have taken up this challenge since 1970; they show how the Asian Church navigates itself in the midst of Asian religious and cultural plurality. An image of a harmonious, dialogical and inclusive church with its wayfarer’s theology emerges in the theological thought of Asian bishops. This book also shows that the Asian Catholic Church is a lively and vibrant communion of local Churches, whose fresh and inspiring theological thought should be studied and welcomed outside of Asia as well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Helle, Jukka

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholische Kirchen in Lateinamerika, Afrika, Indien und Asien

Über Autor(innen)

Jukka Helle, Ph.D (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2018), is a Lutheran pastor. He served 17 years as a missionary in Thailand where he has taught at many theological seminaries and colleges in Thailand. He has co-authored many books in English/Thai for the use of Thai churches, and also many articles on Asian contextual theology (mainly in Finnish). He is a member of International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS), International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM), and Asian Liturgy Forum. Currently he serves as Executive Secretary for Mission and International Work in the Diocese of Kuopio, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.