Redemption and Dialogue

by Burrows, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780883449356
• ISBN10: 0883449358
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Redemption and Dialogue makes available for the first time both of these vital Catholic statements, one on mission and evangelization and the other on dialogue with other faiths. It contains authoritative commentaries on both Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation as well as shorter critiques by an international group of Catholic and Protestant scholars. In Part I, the full text of John Paul II's encyclical Redemptoris Missio is followed by a meticulous discussion of the document and its development by Marcello Zago, O.M.I. Part II then presents the full text of Dialogue and Proclamation and commentary by Jacques Dupuis, S.J. Part III provides the international assessment by Catholic and Protestant scholars of the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of these documents. By providing the complete text of both documents and the fruits of the international discussion they spark, Redemption and Dialogue provides a fascinating treatment of both documents, their meanings for the church, and their significance for all concerned with issues in mission theology and interfaith dialogue.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	vii
Foreword	ix
William R. Burrows
Part One REDEMPTORIS MISSIO
Redemptoris Missio: An Encyclical Letter on the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate	3	(53)
Pope John Paul II
Outline of the Encyclical	3	(2)
Text of the Encyclical	5	(51)
Commentary on Redemptoris Missio	56	(37)
Marcello Zago
Part Two DIALOGUE AND PROCLAMATION
Dialogue and Proclamation: Reflections and Orientations on Interreligious Dialogue and the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ	93	(26)
Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Outline of the Statement	93	(1)
Text of the Statement	94	(25)
A Theologogical Commentary: Dialogue and Proclamation	119	(42)
Jacques Dupuis
Part Three VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Mission between Dialogue and Proclamation	161	(12)
Eric J. Sharpe
Toward a Spirit Ecclesiololgy	173	(10)
Laurenti Magesa
Observations of an Evangelical Protestant Missionary in Latin America	183	(12)
Jack Voelkel
Redemptoris Missio and Mission in India	195	(11)
Augustine Kanjamela
A Lay Person's Perspective	206	(10)
Edwina Gateley
Ghanaian Reflections on Redemptoris Missio	216	(1)
Vincent Boi-Nai
A Missionary's Misgivings: Reflections on Two Recent Documents	216	(7)
Anthony J. Gittins
Mission in China	223	(8)
Beatrice Leung
The Novelty of Redemptoris Missio	231	(8)
Jose Comblin
Concluding Reflections	239
William R. Burrows