List of abbreviations |
ix |
Introduction |
1 |
Chapter I: THE FEDERATION OF ASIAN BISHOPS' CONFERENCES |
5 |
1. Historical overview |
5 |
2. Nature and objectives of the FABC |
10 |
2.1 Nature of the FABC |
10 |
2.2 Objectives of the FABC |
12 |
3. Structure, activity and impact of the FABG |
13 |
3.1 Structure of the FABC |
13 |
3.2 Activity of the FABC |
15 |
3.3 Impact of the FABC |
18 |
4. Nature of the documents and approach of the present work |
22 |
4.1 Unity of the documents |
22 |
4.2 Authority of the documents |
23 |
4.3 Approach of the present work |
25 |
Chapter II: THE UNIVERSAL DIMENSION OF THE REIGN OF GOD IN THE FABC DOCUMENTS |
29 |
1. "God loved the world." (A universal, global and pluralist vision) |
30 |
2. "The way to God." (The Holy Spirit and the religions) |
38 |
3. "The mystery that unites us." (The Reign of God as global expression of the salvific plan) |
47 |
Chapter III: THE CHRISTOLOGICAL DIMENSION |
59 |
1. The centrality of Christ in the FABC thinking |
60 |
2. The centrality of Christ and the pneumatological dimension |
66 |
3. The Reign of God and Christ |
69 |
3.1 Jesus Christ and the Reign of God: identity or relation? |
70 |
3.2 Is it Jesus' identity that interprets the Reign of God or is it the Reign of God that interprets Jesus' identity? |
76 |
3.3 The meaning of the Christ-event in the realization of the Reign of God |
84 |
4. The Christology of the FABC in the light of its reflection on the Reign of God |
88 |
Chapter IV: THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL DIMENSION |
95 |
1. A Church "with others and for others" |
96 |
2. The Church at the service of the Reign of God |
102 |
3. "Relational sacramentality"? |
111 |
4. "Church of the poor" and "servant Church" |
119 |
Chapter V: THE HISTORICAL AND ESCHATOLOGICAL DIMENSION |
131 |
1. God's Reign on earth. (The tension between the "already" and the "not yet" in the FABC documents) |
132 |
2. The human and the divine. (The Fourth Plenary Assembly) |
146 |
3. A new society "of people, by people, for people." (The social mission of the Church) |
156 |
3.1 The option for the poor |
160 |
3.2 The transformation of structures |
162 |
3.3 The empowerment of people |
163 |
3.4 Interreligious cooperation |
165 |
Chapter VI: "TOWARDS A NEW MISSIONARY ERA" |
171 |
1. The regnocentric model of the FABC. (An evaluation). |
171 |
1.1 An action-oriented model |
174 |
1.2 In a religiously pluralistic context |
176 |
1.3 From an organic world-view |
177 |
2. Regnocentric missiology? |
178 |
2.1 Difficulties |
180 |
2.2 Prospects |
188 |
3. "A new mission in dialogue" |
194 |
3.1 Shared mission |
194 |
3.2 A new global symbol |
201 |
Conclusion |
207 |
Appendix |
209 |
Bibliography |
213 |