scholarly journals Opção preferencial pelos pobres e Excluídos. Do Concílio Vaticano II ao Documento de Aparecida

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (269) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Antônio Alves de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
The Trinity

A questão pobres/pobreza/Mistério Santo presente nas religiões, adquire no cristianismo conotação peculiar em virtude de sua relação com Jesus Cristo, sendo possível fundamentá-la na cristologia, na eclesiologia e na doutrina sobre a Trindade. A aspiração por uma “Igreja dos pobres” vem à tona durante o Vaticano II, ecoa nos documentos conciliares, atinge sua explicitação madura nas conferências gerais do Celam com a opção preferencial pelos pobres afirmada em Medellín (1968), confirmada em Puebla (1979), Santo Domingo (1992) e Aparecida (2007). Nesta última, ela adquire conotação peculiar devido ao contexto mundial e continental. O desafio que agora se põe é o de como vivenciá-la em situação tão adversa. O artigo oferece algumas indicações.Abstract: The issue of the poor/poverty/Holy Mystery present in all religions acquires a peculiar connotation in Christianity in view of its relation with Jesus Christ: it is possible to find its basis in Christology, Ecclesiology and in the doctrine about the Trinity. The hope for a “church of the poor” comes to light during the Vatican II, echoes in the Council documents, reaches its mature explanation in the general assemblies of the Celam with the preferential option for the poor stated in Medellin (1968), confirmed in Puebla (1979), in Santo Domingo (1992) and in Aparecida (2007). In the latter, it acquires a peculiar connotation because of the international and continental context. The challenge we now face is how to put it into practice in such an adverse situation. In reply to this question, the present article puts forward some suggestions.

scholarly journals A mulher na Igreja hoje. A partir e além do Concílio Vaticano II

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (249) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Church

Entre as inúmeras aberturas para o “novo” do Evangelho de Jesus Cristo no mundo de hoje que o Concílio Vaticano II trouxe está, sem dúvida, a abertura de um espaço mais visível para a mulher. O presente artigo procura demonstrar como os textos do Concílio já mencionam explicitamente esta novidade. A seguir, mostra a trajetória que a mulher fez nos tempos pós-conciliares. Alguns documentos do Papa Paulo VI e do Papa João Paulo II reconhecem e valorizam esse caminho. Concluindo, apresenta a situação da mulher no hoje da Igreja e da sociedade.Abstract: There is no doubt that the acceptance of a more visible place for women is one of the main ‘novelties’ of the Gospel of Jesus Christ brought to light by the Council Vatican II. The present article attempts to show how the Council’s texts already mentioned this novelty explicitly. Subsequently the paper gives an overview of women’s trajectory in the postCouncil period. Some documents written by Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II obviously recognize and encourage this new stance. To conclude, the paper looks at the situation of women today, in the Church and in society as a whole.

Theologies of Liberation

2015 ◽  
pp. 802-819
Author(s):  
Roberto Goizueta
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Catholic Action ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Early Influences ◽  
Do So

The term ‘theologies of liberation’ refers to a global theological movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s among Christians working for justice among the poor of the Third World. Most systematically articulated, initially, by Latin American theologians such as the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, liberation theology is rooted in the Gospel claim that Jesus Christ is identified in a special way with the poor and marginalized of our world. Early influences on the emergence of liberation theology in Latin America included: the Catholic Action movement, base ecclesial communities, Vatican II (especially Gaudium et spes), and the Medellín Conference of 1968. The central insight of liberation theologies is that, because God makes a ‘preferential option for the poor’, we are called to do so as well; if Christ is identified with the marginalized, the lives of the poor is the privileged locus for practising Christian theological reflection.

scholarly journals A 50 anos do Vaticano II: luzes e desafios

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (283) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Olga Consuelo Vélez Caro
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
The Poor ◽  
30Th Anniversary

Este artigo recolhe alguns ganhos do Vaticano II, tais como: a recuperação da história como lugar de revelação, a centralidade dos pobres, a renovação da liturgia, o reconhecimento da autonomia das realidades terrestres etc. Assinala também alguns desafios urgentes aos quais é necessário prestar atenção, tanto para consolidar os frutos do Concílio, como para continuar o caminho empreendido por ele. Esta perspectiva de prosseguir no caminho empreendido pelo Vaticano II deve constituir-se, segundo a Autora, na melhor maneira de celebrar estes 30 anos do Concílio e de viver com mais fidelidade e audácia o seguimento de Jesus Cristo.Abstract: This article brings together some of the benefits resulting from the Vatican II Council, such as: the recovery of history as a place of revelation, the centrality of the poor, the renewal of the liturgy, the recognition of the autonomy of the earthly realities etc. It also points out some of the urgent challenges to which we must pay attention both in order to consolidate the fruits of the Council and to continue on the path taken by it. According to the Author, this perspective of proceeding on the path taken by the Vatican II must be the best way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Council and to experience the following of Jesus Christ with more fidelity and daring.

A Future for Peru? Gustavo Gutiérrez and the Reasons for His Hope

Horizons ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Nickoloff
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
New Spirituality

AbstractThe growing national crisis of Peru in which death seems to triumph over life, especially for the poor, has not dimmed the hope of Gustavo Gutiérrez and others for the ultimate success of the poor to achieve liberation from poverty and injustice. Hope, for Gutiérrez, is far from wishful thinking. The case for hope results from the application of a complex epistemology which includes social scientific analysis, the “utopian imagination,” and faith in the God of Jesus Christ to the present socio-ecclesial reality of Peru. Among the reasons for hope are the fact of the church's evangelization of the poor, the new spirituality coming to birth among the poor, the rejection of fear in the face of the mounting persecution and martyrdom of Christian believers, and the universal church's adoption of a preferential option for the poor.

scholarly journals Reconsidering the Freedom Charter, the black theology of liberation and the African proverb about the locust’s head in the context of poverty in South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndikho Mtshiselwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Black Theology ◽  
South Africans ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Mineral Wealth ◽  
Black South Africans ◽  
Equitable Sharing ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

While South Africa attained liberation from the apartheid rule in 1994, the legacy of colonialism and apartheid – in the form of poverty and economic inequality – continues to haunt black South Africans. The aim of this article is to make a case for the equitable sharing of South Africa’s mineral wealth amongst all its citizens with the view to alleviate poverty. Firstly, this article provides a reflection on the Freedom Charter and suggests that the values of the Charter, for instance, the sharing of resources and wealth, are relevant in South Africa today. Secondly, it is argued in the present article that the preferential option for the poor which is upheld in the black theology of liberation is equally relevant in post-apartheid South Africa where many black South Africans remain poor. Thirdly, this article argues that the African proverb, Bana ba motho ba ngwathelana hlogo ya tšie [The siblings share the head of a locust], also echoes the idea of equitable sharing of resources with a view to alleviate poverty. Lastly, the author submits that the idea of equitable sharing of resources and wealth that is echoed in the Freedom Charter, the black theology of liberation and the African wise saying support the equitable redistribution of the mineral wealth to the benefit of all South Africans.

scholarly journals On Professors and Poor People—A Jurisprudential Memoir

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-543
Author(s):  
Robert E. Rodes
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Security Deposits

But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: and the rich, in that he is made low.—James 1:9-10I am starting this paper after looking at the latest of a series of e-mails regarding people who cannot scrape up the security deposits required by the local gas company to turn their heat back on. They keep shivering in the corners of their bedrooms or burning their houses down with defective space heaters. The public agency that is supposed to relieve the poor refuses to pay security deposits, and the private charities that pay deposits are out of money. A bill that might improve matters has passed one House of the Legislature, and is about to die in a committee of the other House. I have a card on my desk from a former student I ran into the other day. She works in the field of utility regulation, and has promised to send me more e-mails on the subject. I also have a pile of student papers on whether a lawyer can encourage a client illegally in the country to marry her boyfriend in order not to be deported.What I am trying to do with all this material is exercise a preferential option for the poor. I am working at it in a large, comfortable chair in a large, comfortable office filled with large, comfortable books, and a large—but not so comfortable—collection of loose papers. At the end of the day, I will take some of the papers home with me to my large, comfortable, and well heated house.

Eine komplexe Friedenstheologie und Friedensethik

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Mierzwa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethical Approach ◽  
Difficult Question ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
Religionless Christianity ◽  
The Relationship

Peace has to be thought of in a more complex way, which is mainly stimulated by women from civil society. Many questions can no longer be addressed in a thematically and politically isolated or delimited way; chains of action and challenges are too interwoven. So far, too little attention has been paid to the preferential option for the poor, the approach of religionless Christianity and a feminist-liberation-theological-pacifist approach. Topics that are more marginal, such as a peace-ethical approach to money and the relationship between peace and health, are also addressed. Finally, the difficult question of how far one may still cooperate with the state when one is on the trail of peace is explored.

Health Care in US Detention Centers

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-63
Author(s):  
Miguel Cerón Becerra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Immigration Detention ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
Relational Justice ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
Immigrant Organizations ◽  
Preferential Option

The US has built the most extensive immigration detention system globally. Over the last three administrations, several organizations have noted a systemic failure in the provision of health care in detention centers, leading to the torture and death of immigrants. This essay develops the principle of the preferential option for the poor to examine the causes of deficient access to health care and solutions to overcome them. It analyzes the substandard health care in detention centers from the notion of structural violence and systematizes solutions of grassroots immigrant organizations from the idea of solidarity, understood here as a form of friendship with the poor that moves toward relational justice. Its goal is to build bridges between people so that the political will is generated to create policies to improve and enforce health care standards in detention centers and address the unjust foundations of immigration detention.

La Espiritualidad eclesial en una Iglesia en camino

Augustinus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
Vittorino Grossi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Augustine Of Hippo ◽  
The Catholic Church

The present article describes four ecclesiological models elaborated by Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity within the Catholic Church (Church / auctoritas, Church / communio, Church / Ciuitas Dei, Church / Cross). A brief summary of the ecclesiology of Vatican II is given and indications are given of the Augustinian elements still susceptible of development in the contemporary Church.

L’iride e la Trinità: Osservazioni sulle fonti di Basilio, Epistula 38,5

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-399
Author(s):  
Francesco Verde
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Interesting Point ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Deep Interest

Abstract The focus of this contribution is to examine the section 5 (Courtonne) of Basil’s Letter 38 devoted to the rainbow considered as a physical metaphor of the Trinity. The main purpose is to scrutinize the likely ancient pagan sources of Basil’s description of rainbow’s formation. The present article concludes by pointing out that the sources used by Basil could be traced back to Aristotle’s Meteorology and the Stoics (especially Posidonius), without denying an Epicurean influence too. The most interesting point is that the author of the letter seems to occasionally modify the ancient sources on the rainbow he consults in order to make the explanation of the rainbow consistent with his theological/Trinitarian scope. Since several studies confirmed the deep interest of Basil in the explanation of natural phenomena (always for theological and not scientific goals) on the basis of the theories of the ancient pagan Greek philosophers, it cannot be ruled out the possibility that Basil actually was the author of this epistle. This question is very problematic; it is not resolved but, in my opinion, it should also be reconsidered in the light of the part of the letter devoted to the comparison with the rainbow.

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