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Interspiritual Theology as a Radical Potential for New Vistas in Theological Thought

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McEntee R.

Open Theology

2016

vol. 2

issue 1

Is a transreligious theology possible? A theology that is not beholden to any particular religious tradition? If so, what would it be? What would it look like? How would it be done? Perhaps more importantly, why would it be done? That is, whom would it be for? Is it a part of a larger (and perhaps privileged) pursuit of human philosophical wisdom and progress? Or are there real world communities in need of such a thing? Could it be helpful to religious traditions themselves? These are some of the questions pursued here. In response, I offer the possibility of an “interspiritual theology,” a theology that opens widely-in the spirit of exploration and hypothesis-to such questions, while aiming not to lose the heart of the theological endeavor, articulated by Evagrius of Pontus as, “The one who truly prays is a theologian; the one who is a theologian, prays truly.” As one possible strand of transreligious theological thought, interspiritual theology finds resonance with contemporary academic scholars Robert Neville, Wesley Wildman, John Thatamanil, Beverly Lanzetta and the late Raimon Panikkar, as well as real-world movements on the ground springing up outside of academia. Interspiritual theology is explained as being inter-religious, interdisciplinary, pragmatic, contemplative, and prophetic. An academic endeavor that is in partnership with (but not beholden to) religious traditions, in service to spiritual communities outside of academia, in dialogue with secular sciences, partaking of transformative wisdom, and committed to the prophetic task of service to humanity and the transformation of all of its social, cultural, political, and economic structures to reflect the deep human values of dignity, equality, compassion, love and wisdom-while also pursuing the transreligious project of understanding “as fully as possible the nature of ultimate reality.”

Von contemplatio zu actio. Das Christentum nicht als Privatsache, sondern als Ausdruck von Mit-den-anderen-zu-sein bei Johann Baptist Metz

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Juhás V.

Studia Bobolanum

2021

vol. 32

issue 1

215-225

Niniejsze studium jest pastoralno-teologicznym tekstem. Przedstawia koncepcję chrześcijaństwa i chrześcijanina według Jana Baptysty Metza. Dzieli się na trzy główne części. Po krótkiej prezentacji postaci niemieckiego teologa pierwsza część omawia konieczność od-prywatyzowania religii, co jest szczególnie konieczne, aby doświadczenie świata stało się doświadczeniem wierzących. Druga część jest wyzwaniem do łączenia contemplatio z actio. W związku z tym trzecia część przedstawia tożsamość chrześcijanina jako czyn, ostrzegając przed prywatną, pasywną, mieszczańską religią.

This study is a pastoral and theological text. It presents the concept of Christianity and Christian identity, according to John Baptist Metz. The article is divided into three main parts. After a short presentation of the German theologian, the first part discusses the necessity of de-privatization of religion, which is necessary in order that the experience of the world would become the experience of believers. The second part is a challenge to combine contemplatio with actio. Consequently, the third part presents the Christian identity as an actio, warning against the private, passive, and bourgeois religion.

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Interspiritual Theology as a Radical Potential for New Vistas in Theological Thought

Von contemplatio zu actio. Das Christentum nicht als Privatsache, sondern als Ausdruck von Mit-den-anderen-zu-sein bei Johann Baptist Metz