The author discusses the reasons for his interest in the role of Scripture in the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas, even if his academic teaching and research in different contexts led him to focus on different topics. He shows the relevance of this Scriptural and Thomistic theology. The author demonstrates how Aquinas’s focus on the mysteries of the life of Christ enabled him to teach a course that analyses musical and theological interpretations of these mysteries, even by non-Christian artists. Another course on theological interpretations of Scripture brought together theological and exegetical viewpoints in order to highlight the unity of Catholic theology with Scripture as its soul. Finally, the author gives an analysis of the Christological interpretation of the Psalms, and argues that how Aquinas in his commentary on the Psalms juxtaposes different forms of interpretation in order to show the fullness of the Word of God inspired by the Spirit that encompasses the different mysteries of the Christian faith.
The discussion of the scriptures, and the controversy over whether or not to distort them, has been one of the issues that has always been considered throughout history. Muslims, who consider the Qur'an as the only book and divine miracle safe from distortion, consider the best way to prove the distortion, or non-distortion of the divine books, to examine this matter from the Qur'an's point of view. This research using the library method and analytical method concluded that the historical books and sayings of the People of the Book show that the text of the Torah, which the Jews consider divine, has been destroyed in two historical events, and in particular the first event caused the Torah document to be interrupted. شد. In addition, the text of the Torah contains insults and contradictions that express distortion. The document of the Bible is not attributed to Jesus (pbuh) but to the apostles and disciples of the Prophet (pbuh) who, according to their confession, brought the words of the Prophet (pbuh) along with other events and has its sanctity from the council, which considers it divine. There are also many insults, contradictions, and errors in the text of the Bible that indicate a distortion of the Bible. Muslim commentators also believe, based on the Qur'an, that there is much evidence in the Qur'an of distortions of the scriptures in various verbal, spiritual, and practical ways by Jews and Christians
El presente trabajo parte del presupuesto -justificado en el primer apartado- de que la Teología de la Liberación (TdeL) no solamente es la más original que se ha elaborado en los más de cuatrocientos años de teología en América Latina, sino la primera teología cristiana propiamente latinoamericana, fiel al grito profético de los primeros misioneros cristianos, en defensa de los oprimidos. Ésta, lejos de haber muerto -como aparece en la conclusión- está viva y ha recibido un claro espaldarazo del papa Francisco. Dada su importancia para los pueblos del continente, tras una contextualización de la TdeL, este trabajo busca estudiar los orígenes de la misma en tres figuras relevantes y cuatro grupos o movimientos de Iglesia, situándolos en su contexto social y eclesial, y en su aportación a una TdeL. Las tres figuras pioneras, que ejercieron su labor en el país entre los años 40-70, son: Richard Shaull (misionero presbiteriano norteamericano), Camilo Torres (sacerdote, sociólogo y guerrillero colombiano), Rafael Ávila (teólogo y profesor laico colombiano). Los cuatro movimientos, vigentes entre los años 60-80, son: los movimientos sacerdotales "Golconda" y "Sacerdotes para América Latina" (SAL), y los movimiento eclesiales de base "Cristianos por el Socialismo" (CPS) y "Comunidades Eclesiales de Base" (CEBs).
In the book of Acts, the Apostle Paul provides examples of leadership and displays significant leadership skills. In the speech to church leaders from Ephesus in Acts 20, he is presented as giving an account of his approach, detailing all the challenges involved. This article analyses how the Paul of Acts understood his own leadership role, in particular, the need for integrity, emotional involvement in the process and ceaseless effort. The article also examines Paul’s emphasis on the necessity for leaders to exemplify or embody in a perceptible way the values which they convey to others and demand of them.
Scholars have been proposing numerous models in “reconciling” faith and science. All proposed models, generally, could be categorized into four approaches: conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration. Since models in approaching the dialog of faith and science, basically, express presuppositions of how someone view reality. In this essay, therefore, these models are reviewed in the light of how Christians should comprehend the reality through the Scripture: God reveals Himself in two ways, general and special. General revelation is the world as His creation, and special revelation is the His words that have been written in the Bible. Special revelation, fundamentally, is a metaphysical framework for Christians to understand God’s creation. As the result, approaching model which cohere to biblical concept of one truth is integration model, which is, as some scholars call, the reconstruction or paradigmatic approach.
Christianity, Practical religion. The Christian life
Este trabalho procura dar resposta a dois argumentos essenciais: a ideia de que se chegou a um ponto morto no debate sobre a secularização e de que são necessárias novas abordagens teóricas e empíricas para se entenderem os efeitos dos processos da modernidade na religião. Para tanto, inspirando-nos nos pressupostos de uma das teorias clássicas mais proeminentes da secularização – a racionalização – propomos a criação de um índice de racionalização que seja correlacionável com uma medida de religiosidade individual. Concluímos que, para o conjunto de países europeus selecionados e para o período temporal analisado (1999-2014), a teoria da secularização, que assevera que as sociedades mais racionalizadas são menos religiosas, tem validade empírica.
This article uses decolonial to critique the discourse of ‘subaltern whiteness’ by questioning some Afrikaner scholars’ morality of regarding ‘white Afrikaners as subaltern’. Subaltern designates submerged, subordinated, exploited or suppressed – those whose voices have been historically muted, their humanity stripped by those with sociopolitical and economic power. Within South Africa, this raises the question: to what extent can white Afrikaners be regarded as subaltern? The article proposes indivisibility of epistemic vulnerability and regenerative theological praxis both emerging within Afrikaner theological discussion as viable response to broken bodies of those who still bear the marks or scars of apartheid and rather not to seek to hijack their voice.
<p>Cette étude se propose d’examiner l’évolution de la traduction en Bulgarie dans l’objectif de démontrer que la littérature bulgare est née dans l’acte traductionnel. En s’appuyant sur le concept bermanien de <em>prose fondamentale</em>, elle cherchera à illustrer, à travers des exemples, le rôle décisif que la traduction a joué au cours des différents âges de cette littérature.<strong> </strong>L’esquisse des majeurs enjeux traductionnels tâchera de révéler les deux caractéristiques essentielles de cette activité à la fois fondatrice et compensatrice pour prouver qu’elle a contribué à la constitution de l’identité nationale, à l’épanouissement de la culture bulgare et à la consolidation de son <em>polysystème littéraire</em>.</p><p>La réflexion sera articulée en trois volets. D’abord, elle va interroger le rapport entre la tradition et la traduction. Ensuite, elle va tracer le parcours traductif à partir du premier essai de traduction de la Bible de Cyrille et Méthode, lequel, en contribuant à la formation de l’identité linguistique bulgare, a servi de modèle aux expériences ultérieures. Enfin, elle cherchera à mettre en valeur quelques faits saillants de l’histoire de la traduction en Bulgarie qui ont influencé la création littéraire.</p><p>This study aims to examine the evolution of translation in Bulgaria in order to demonstrate that Bulgarian literature was born in the translational act. Based on the concept <em>fundamental prose</em> of Berman, it will seek to illustrate, through examples, the decisive role that translation played in the stages of this national literature. The outline of the major translational issues will try to reveal the two essential characteristics of this founder and compensatory activity, and prove that the translation has contributed to the formation of national identity, the development of Bulgarian culture and the consolidation of his <em>literary polysystem</em>.</p><p>The reflection will be structured in three parts. Firstly, it will examine the relationship between tradition and translation. Secondly, it will draw the translational motion that began with the translation of the Bible by Cyril and Methodius, which served as a model for subsequent translations and contributed to the formation of national identity and language. Finally, it will seek to emphasize some of the highlights of the Bulgarian history of translation that contributed to the literary creation.</p>