TOWARD A RELATIONAL SPIRIT ECCLESIOLOGY IN ASIA

A Relational Spirit Ecclesiology in Asia is a
historical, analytical and systematic study focusing
on the meaning of church and its mission in
contemporary Asia as presented in the documents of
the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences. This
work asserts that the new way of being and becoming
church in and with contemporary Asia is based on an
operative theology: Relational Spirit Ecclesiology.
This Relational Spirit Ecclesiology considers Christ
as the motivating center and the Spirit as the
guiding center of the Asian church s mission and
life in the Asian context of many religions, many
cultures and many poor. The Spirit-guided mission
of the church, therefore, can no longer be
considered merely a mission to the peoples of Asia
(missio ad gentes) or a mission among the peoples of
Asia (missio inter gentes). Rather, the mission of
the Asian church, permeated by a Relational Spirit
Ecclesiology, necessitates a mission with the
peoples of Asia (missio cum Gentibus). Moreover,
this mission is carried out in a distinctive Asian
mode of mission: triple dialogue.

Autorentext

Abraham Kadaliyil is a member of the Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St. Francis (CMSF). He is currently the Dean of Vidya Deep College: C.R.I. Brothers' Institute of Theology, Bangalore. Kadaliyil received a doctorate in systematic theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

Klappentext

A Relational Spirit Ecclesiology in Asia is a historical, analytical and systematic study focusing on the meaning of church and its mission in contemporary Asia as presented in the documents of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. This work asserts that the new way of being and becoming church in and with contemporary Asia is based on an operative theology: Relational Spirit Ecclesiology. This Relational Spirit Ecclesiology considers Christ as the motivating center and the Spirit as the guiding center of the Asian church's mission and life in the Asian context of many religions, many cultures and many poor. The Spirit-guided mission of the church, therefore, can no longer be considered merely a mission to the peoples of Asia (missio ad gentes) or a mission among the peoples of Asia (missio inter gentes). Rather, the mission of the Asian church, permeated by a Relational Spirit Ecclesiology, necessitates a mission with the peoples of Asia (missio cum Gentibus). Moreover, this mission is carried out in a distinctive Asian mode of mission: triple dialogue.