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- Title
Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Search for an East Asian Reading.
- Authors
Vermander, Benoît
- Abstract
East Asia is a region marked by an irreducible linguistic, cultural and religious diversity. Traditionally seen by Christianity as a practical and theological challenge, such diversity is now often considered as a treasure that needs to be assessed, appreciated and interpreted, so that Christians may enter a new understanding of the mission of "peacemakers" that the Sermon on the Mount calls them to fulfill. Peace-building is thus to be seen as a an ongoing, creative endeavor inseparable from the development of East Asian theology, for both tasks are anchored into an interpretative process through which cultures, creeds and world-views are perpetually reshaped. What defines them is never taken for granted but rather is being discovered and challenged throughout the process of exchange and interpretation. On the long run, the "translation" of traditional languages and narratives that the in-depth meeting with the Other makes possible nurtures a creative reinterpretation of one's spiritual, dogmatic and cultural resources. This "translation" process amounts to a trespassing of boundaries, reviving and reshaping theological and peace building endeavors alike.
- Subjects
EAST Asia; CULTURAL pluralism; RELIGIOUS diversity; SERMON on the mount; PEACEBUILDING; RELIGION
- Publication
Studies in World Christianity & Interreligious Relations, 2011, Vol 47, p149
- ISSN
1873-9229
- Publication type
Article