José M. de Mesa – « Linguistic Domination in Theology » This text is a part of the issue:English: Asian ChristianitiesDeutsch: Asiatischen ChristentümerItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristiandades asiáticasFrançais: Christianismes asiatiquesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticos中國人: 亞洲基督教 Technologies and wisdoms have been unraveling since ten thousand years when rice begun to be enjoyed in Asia, and since seven thousands ofRead More

Diego Irrarázaval – « South-America’s Liberation Nourished by Asian Christianity » This text is a part of the issue:English: Asian ChristianitiesDeutsch: Asiatischen ChristentümerItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristiandades asiáticasFrançais: Christianismes asiatiquesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticos中國人: 亞洲基督教 Technologies and wisdoms have been unraveling since ten thousand years when rice begun to be enjoyed in Asia, and since seven thousands ofRead More

Pablo David – « A Postcolonial Reading of Galatians 3:28 » This text is a part of the issue:English: Asian ChristianitiesDeutsch: Asiatischen ChristentümerItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristiandades asiáticasFrançais: Christianismes asiatiquesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticos中國人: 亞洲基督教 In Luke’s Acts, we often hear about Paul’s visits to Synagogues during his missionary journeys in the major cities around the Mediterranean basin.[1]  PerhapsRead More

Jose Mario C. Francisco – « Reclaiming Christianity as Asian » This text is a part of the issue:English: Asian ChristianitiesDeutsch: Asiatischen ChristentümerItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristiandades asiáticasFrançais: Christianismes asiatiquesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticos中國人: 亞洲基督教 The immense Asian region, linked by land or maritime bridges and shaped by movements of peoples and their artifacts, has never been characterizedRead More

Felix Wilfred – « Asian Christianities and Theologies through the Lens of Postcolonialism » This text is a part of the issue:English: Asian ChristianitiesDeutsch: Asiatischen ChristentümerItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristiandades asiáticasFrançais: Christianismes asiatiquesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticos中國人: 亞洲基督教 There is a standard presentation of Christianity in Asia.  It deals with such themes as mission-history, inculturation, the Federation of AsianRead More

Concilium 2018-1. Asian Christianities Edited by: Daniel Franklin Pilario, Felix Wilfred and Po-Ho Huang Full translations of this edition are available in the following languages:English: Asian ChristianitiesEspañol: Cristianismos asiáticosDeutsch: Das Christentum in AsiaItaliano: Cristianesimi asiaticiPortuguês: Cristandades asiáticas Editorial: Asian Christianities, postcolonial encounters Historians of Christianity agree that before the end of the first century, ChristianityRead More

EnglishDeustchItaliano Human securityMännlichkeitenMaschilità PortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中文 MasculinidadesMasculinitésMasculinidades陽剛之氣 Filipe Maia – « The Pan-Amazon Synod » It seems appropriate, possibly providential, that just weeks after the fires broke in the Amazon forest in July 2019 bringing the region to international attention, Roman Catholic leaders, environmentalists, and indigenous peoples gathered in the Vatican for the Pan-Amazon Synod. The gatheringRead More

EnglishDeustchItaliano Human securityMännlichkeitenMaschilità PortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中文 MasculinidadesMasculinitésMasculinidades陽剛之氣 Julie Hanlon Rubio – « Masculinity and sexual abuse in the Church » 1. Introduction As a Catholic lay woman who forms priests alongside lay men and women for ecclesial ministry, I have experienced the latest round of revelations of clergy sexual abuse from a unique vantage point. The weekRead More

EnglishDeustchItaliano Human securityMännlichkeitenMaschilità PortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中文 MasculinidadesMasculinitésMasculinidades陽剛之氣 Shyam Pakhare – « Transcending gender: Colonialism, Gandhi and religion » 1. Introduction The age of enlightenment, characterized by scientism, rationalism and materialism, created a binary between religion and material world. Darwin’s theory of evolution and the philosophy of utilitarianism developed a rift in the organic lifestyle of the west.Read More

EnglishDeustchItaliano Human securityMännlichkeitenMaschilità PortuguêsFrançaisEspañol中文 MasculinidadesMasculinitésMasculinidades陽剛之氣 Nicholas Denysenko – « Orthodox Ideology and Masculinity in Putin’s Russia » 1. Introduction In the post-Soviet period, Russia has turned to its past to refashion the historical foundation of its identity and its public image. Russian ideologues retrieved aspects of traditional Eastern Orthodox ideology to promote a neo-imperial agendaRead More