Towards a Theology of Citizen as The Central Challenge in Asia  

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Min, Anselm K.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: East Asian Pastoral Review vol. 41 no. 2 (2004), page 136-159.
Topik: The Central Challenge in Asia; Theology of Citizen

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE37.2 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Despite significant differences among Asian countries, there does exist an even more significant commonality among them—the pressure of transition from premodern, traditional culture to (post)modern, secular culture. In different ways and under different cultural circumstances all Asian nations face the contradictions between the still dominant premodern, tribal sense of identity limited to the clan, tribe, religion, ethnic group, region, and/or religion, and the postmodern realities that require transcendence of such tribalism 1 into a broader sense of identity in an increasingly interdependent world. All the nations are now undergoing the pangs of a transition to a more mature civil society in a continuing process of nation-building against the many inherited sources of division. In this essay I intend to present an outline of an Asian theology of transtribal solidarity and citizenship as its political expression against this context. I’ll first describe the general historical situation of Asian nations and the contradictions and challenges of the transition from traditional to ‘(post)modern culture that they all face as perhaps the central context for all Asian theologies. Second, I’ll analyze the challenge of nation-building as the most fundamental challenge facing Asian countries. Third, I’ll discuss the demands of citizenship and the chief civic virtue, “solidarity of others,” as the most appropriate response to the challenge. Fourth and last, I’ll present the theological dimension of citizenship and solidarity and the possible resources from the Christian and indigenous traditions for the making of an authentically Asian theology of solidarity.

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