Perspectiva Teológica

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Authors: Pierre Gisel

RÉSUMÉ: L’article interroge ce qu’il en est de la Réforme protestante à l’enseigne de « Qu’est-ce que réformer une religion ? ». Cela suppose qu’on en examine le déploiement dans le temps et qu’on le fasse en fonction de quelques problématiques à élaborer. Au XVIe siècle, la Réforme protestante hérite d’une antécédence et s’en démarque, comme le font aussi la Réforme radicale et la Réforme catholique, chacune diWérente, mais chacune nouvelle et chacune déterminée par la donne socio-culturelle du temps. L’article revient sur la « scène primitive » de la Réforme, sur la structuration de l’Eglise, sur ce qui s’y modiZent du type de fondement mis en avant, du statut et des formes de la transcendance, des modalités d’articulation au séculier. Sur cet arrière-plan, l’article revisite les oppositions confessionnelles usuelles, interrogeant critiquement chacun des termes alors mis en avant. Il y souligne tout particulièrement une radicalité liée à la posture protestante, avec ses forces et ses risques. Il se termine enfin avec l’évocation de questions contemporaines s’inscrivant dans la suite de cette histoire. ABSTRACT: The article questions the Protestant Reformation under the guise of «What does it mean to reform a religion?» . This implies that its’ implementation over time be examined and that this be done while taking into consideration a few under lying problems. In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation inherited antecedents and differentiated itself from them, as did the radical Reformation and the Catholic Reformation, each different, but each new and each determined by the socio-cultural context of the time. The article returns to the «primitive scene» of the Reformation, to the structuring of the Church, to the changes that are taking place in the type of foundation being put forward and to the status and forms of transcendence, models of articulation in secularity. On this background, the article revisits the usual confessional oppositions, critically interrogating each of the ideas presented. In particular, it points out the radicalness linked to the Protestant position, with its strengths and risks. It ends by evoking contemporary questions for the continuation of this event.

87-100

Authors: Thomas P. Rausch

ABSTRACT: The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation offers an occasion to reflect on the progress of the ecumenical movement, now over 100 years old. If a new atmosphere of respect and cooperation exists between many churches, there are new obstacles to reconciliation in the areas of demographics, institutional concerns, and theology, leading some to speak of a period of stagnation or “ecumenical winter.” The WCC’s convergence text, The Church: Towards a Common Vision, is a promising document, but it is seen by many of the “new” churches of the Global South as too Western and Eurocentric. This essay concludes with some suggestions for moving ahead of the present impasse. RESUMO: O 500º aniversário da Reforma oferece uma ocasião para refletir sobre o progresso do movimento ecumênico, hoje com mais de 100 anos. Se, por um lado, existe uma nova atmosfera de respeito e cooperação entre muitas igrejas, por outro, existem novos obstáculos à reconciliação nas áreas da demografia, dos interesses institucionais e da teologia, levando alguns a falar de um período de estagnação ou “inverno ecumênico”. O texto de convergência do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI), A Igreja: para uma visão comum, é um documento promissor, mas considerado por muitas das “novas” igrejas do Hemisfério Sul como demasiado Ocidental e eurocêntrico. O ensaio conclui com algumas sugestões para sair do impasse atual.

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Authors: Nurya Martinez-Gayol Fernandez

RESUMEN: Esta contribución trata sobre la misericordia. Nos aproximamos a ella a partir del espacio vital desde el que ella brota, las “entrañas”, espacio que se encuentra sobradamente fundamentado en la revelación, tanto en el Antiguo como en el Nuevo Testamento. En las “entranãs” tienen su origen la ternura, la compasión y el perdón, las tres dimensiones de la misericordia que van a ser abordadas en el artículo. Ellas brotan de unas entrañas que se conmueven, nos alcanzan y nos envían a ser nosotros también portadores de esta misericordia. ABSTRACT: This contribution is about mercy. We approach it since the vital space from mercy comes forth, the “inner core”, a space that is largely based on revelation, both in the Old and New Testaments. The “inner core” is the place of origin of tenderness, compassion and forgiveness, the three dimensions of mercy that will be addressed in the article. They come forth from the inner core that shock us, reach us and send us to be also bearers of this mercy.

177-201

Authors: Rita Cássia Rosada Lemos

RESUMO: O estudo aborda a questão da vida em seu sentido na história humana. A civilização pós-moderna coloca sérios desafios à teologia. Um dos mais notáveis é a questão do sentido da vida. A partir da busca do ser humano pelo sentido, a autora apresenta uma concepção da vida em permanente processo de maturação. A vida é chamada continuamente a realizar sua vocação num envolver-se em relações que se revelam plenas de sentido. A segunda parte do artigo relaciona a busca do sentido da vida com saberes científicos numa realidade de mudança de época, à luz de uma presença originária do Sentido absoluto na história humana. A meta é dizer que a fé cristã atesta que a existência tem seu fundamento na relação pessoal com Deus, que faz da relação o lugar da integração do ser pessoa. ABSTRACT: This study treats the question of life in terms of its meaning in human history. Postmodern civilization poses serious challenges to theology, one of the most notable being the question of the meaning of life. Beginning with the human search for meaning, the author presents a conception of life as a permanent process of maturing. Life is continually called on to fulfil its vocation to engage in relationships that are full of meaning. The second part of the article relates the search for the meaning of life to scientific knowledge in the context of epochal changes, in the light of an original presence of absolute meaning in human history. The goal is to say that Christian faith attests that existence has its ground in personal relationship with God, which makes relationships the place of integration for being a person.