{"title":"Francis of Assisi: An Invitation to “ Brotherhood/Sisterhood ” as an Alternative to the Profit Economy of Medieval Europe","authors":"Changyoonjae","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..21.201406.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..21.201406.51","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127429988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jesus and Lu Du: Correlation","authors":"Saw, Shee-Sho","doi":"10.26590/madang..21.201406.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/madang..21.201406.5","url":null,"abstract":"Today Myanmar is a multi-racial and multi-religious country and has an estimated population of 60 million people. The population is comprised of some 135 ethnic groups speaking 106 languages and living together under the generic name, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The civil war in Myanmar has lasted for 64 years, from 1949 until now. Today the people (Lu Du) of Myanmar are powerless and cry for justice and peace. This paper proposes a theology appropriate for the Lu Du by tracing the correlation between Jesus and the Lu Du. It builds on the work of Minjung and Dalit theologians to emphasize the importance of the historical event of the cross of Jesus for interpreting the suffering of the Lu Du. It also stresses the place of a theology of the Holy Spirit in the context of Myanmar. Finally, it describes the significance of the resurrection of Jesus as a historical event which gives motivation and hope to Lu Du to work for and claim the promise of their special place in the Reign of God. The imagery of God’s Reign provides a concrete aspiration for an ecumenical journey towards justice, unity and peace. Building a peaceful community in Myanmar is not the sole responsibility of Christians, Buddhists, Muslims or people of other faiths. In fact, the Holy Spirit is a primary force in the movements of Lu Du from the beginning. The Holy Spirit motivates and persuades the Lu Du for freedom as it is the ultimate Will of God. It should be the product of peaceful transformation of the poor - empowering individuals and building relationships.","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"169 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116900434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reciprocity Revisited: An Exploration of the Parable of the Unjust Manager in Luke 16:1-91","authors":"Rohun Park","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..21.201406.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..21.201406.81","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"238 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127535204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'Third World' vs. 'Post-Colonial': Is DecolonizationPossible in Post-Colonial Space?","authors":"Changyoonjae","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.45","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128902137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward A Theocentric Ecological Ethic of Inclusive Well-being","authors":"Jun, Hyun-Shik","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.73","url":null,"abstract":"Grappling with the ecological crisis as a crisis of culture and also an opportunity for emancipation, this paper attempts to suggest a theocentric ecological ethic of inclusive well-being as one of Christian environmental ethics in consideration of a methodology of hermeneutical reconstruction with reflective equilibrium. Firstly, it reviews paradigm change in environmental ethics and then confirms the contextual and provisional nature of ethical practice and theories. Secondly, this paper explores a hermeneutical reconstruction of five major moral grounds or theories for ecological ethics with reflective equilibrium and then affirms that no single ground or theory should be foundational. Rather the foundation lies in critical correlation between ethical practice and theories. Thirdly, it suggests a theocentric ecological ethic of inclusive well-being, which is its moral criterion by which moral judgments and theological sin are measured. In recognition of its inevitable moral ambiguity in the competing realities of life, its moral principle of inclusive well-being provides us with practical awareness that we might be drawing a narrower line of well-being than is necessary in specific contexts. Then, it challenges us to draw a more inclusive range of well-being for the sake of the good of creation and God more so than conventional anthropocentric or biocentric environmental ethics.","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127679495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Ideology in Asian Liberation Ethics","authors":"박삼경","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..20.201312.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"139 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132531408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oikotree Movement Global Kairos Faith Statement","authors":"Oikotree","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129860463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re-envisioning Christian Mission between the Two Koreas Beyond the Construct of Self and Other","authors":"박노훈","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127006939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theology, Ecology and Economics from an East Asian Confucian Perspective","authors":"Chiang, Kok-Weng","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..19.201306.63","url":null,"abstract":"This paper posits the development of an indigenous East Asian environmental ethics to address the environmental problem in East Asia for sustainable economic growth. It proposes a contextualised environmental ethics based on an integration of theology, ecology, economics and East Asian Confucian tradition. This can be done through three dimensions. The first dimension is to understand the intricate interdependence and interconnectedness of society, environment and economy in the formulation of a viable environmental ethics. Theological reflection and Herman Daly s concept of steady state economy will form the basis for understanding these relationships. The second dimension is to establish how the three domains of society, environment and economy are related to each other. To these end the East Asian Confucian concepts of Heaven-Earth-Human, Social Harmony and Intergenerational Equity will be used to establish these relationships. The third and final dimension is to identify the driving or motivation force that can operationalise this proposed environmental ethics. A transcendent-immanent Eco-Spirituality for effecting change (metanoia) in society will be proposed here.","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133379962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Confucianism and Development of Korean Women s Subjectivity in the Twenty-first Century","authors":"이은선","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..18.201212.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..18.201212.73","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115319537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}