« Restorative Justice: the Bonds of Mercy » by Linda Hogan Index – Verzeichnis – Indice – Índice – 指數 EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 MercyBarmherzigkeitMisericordiaMisericórdiaMisericordeMisericordia憐憫 Introduction Restorative justice has become an important feature of the evolving discourse and practice of justice and has begun to transform many of the traditional, deeply held views about its nature and purpose.Read More

« A Field hospital after Battle. Mercy as a fundamental characteristic of God’s presence » by Erik Borgman Index – Verzeichnis – Indice – Índice – 指數 EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 MercyBarmherzigkeitMisericordiaMisericórdiaMisericordeMisericordia憐憫 A few months into his pontificate, Pope Francis started to use a remarkable image for the Church. In an interview with Antonio Spadaro, editor in chiefRead More

« Compassion for Justice » by Hille Haker Index – Verzeichnis – Indice – Índice – 指數 EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 MercyBarmherzigkeitMisericordiaMisericórdiaMisericordeMisericordia憐憫 1. Walter Kasper’s Theology of Mercy And Metz’s Theology of Compassion According to Walter Kasper’s seminal study,[1] mercy, from the Latin misericordia, is a central concept for the Christian theology of the twenty-first century. Systematic Theology, however,Read More

« The evolution of the Works of Mercy » by James F. Keenan Index – Verzeichnis – Indice – Índice – 指數 EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 MercyBarmherzigkeitMisericordiaMisericórdiaMisericordeMisericordia憐憫 The works of mercy throughout Christian tradition have almost always been expressed as communal practices for responding to evident contemporary needs.  In practicing mercy, Christians have understood themselves as acting in “theRead More

« The New Testament and Mercy » by Teresa Okure Index – Verzeichnis – Indice – Índice – 指數 EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 MercyBarmherzigkeitMisericordiaMisericórdiaMisericordeMisericordia憐憫 The Catholic Biblical Association of Nigeria (CABAN) habitually explores biblical themes by approaching a given topicas it occurs “in the Bible”. The approachis in response to the tendency of Bible loving Christians in NigeriaRead More

Concilium 2017-4. Mercy Edited by: Lisa Cahill – Diego Irarrázaval – João Vila-Chã Full translations of this edition are available in the following languages:English: MercyEspañol: MisericordiaDeutsch: BarmherzigkeitItaliano: MisericordiaPortuguês: Misericordia Editorial In Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis calls mercy “the fullness of justice and the most radiant manifestation of God’s truth” (no. 311). If the Church is genuinely andRead More

« Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s First Essay “Cosmic Life” and his Prayer to the Cosmic Christ » by Ursula King EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 Theology and LiteratureTheology und LiteraturTeologia e letteraturaTeologia e literaturaThéologie et littératureTeología y literatura神學和文學 The French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was an eminent geologist and palaeontologist, well known for his excavations in China andRead More

« Theology and Literature in African Christian Faith: Hearers of the Word in Africa » by Stan Chu Ilo EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 Theology and LiteratureTheology und LiteraturTeologia e letteraturaTeologia e literaturaThéologie et littératureTeología y literatura神學和文學 Introduction A story is told about a missionary who went to a remote area in Tanzania to proclaim the Gospel among theRead More

« Doing Theology with Literatures: An Asian Attempt » by Po-Ho Huang EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 Theology and LiteratureTheology und LiteraturTeologia e letteraturaTeologia e literaturaThéologie et littératureTeología y literatura神學和文學 1. Literature and Religions There is a slogan among the literary community in Confucius influenced countries saying that “literature and history are not separation” (文史不分家 – Wen shih puRead More

« Poetics of Survival » by Mayra Rivera EnglishDeutschItalianoPortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中國人 Theology and LiteratureTheology und LiteraturTeologia e letteraturaTeologia e literaturaThéologie et littératureTeología y literatura神學和文學 In her essay, “Create Dangerously,” Edwidge Danticat recounts the public execution of two young men — Marcel Numa and Louis Drouin — for their participation in a guerrilla war to topple the DouvalierRead More