Research Catalog

Title

The way, the truth and the life : a confluence of Asia, Europe and Africa in Jesus of Nazareth ; a souvenir publication in honour of Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ / Festo Mkenda SJ, Michael Amaladoss SJ, Gerard J. Hughes SJ, Laurenti Magesa, Diane B. Stinton.

Publication

Nairobi : Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa, 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Nicolás, Adolfo de, 1936-2020
• Mkenda, Festo, 1968-
• Amaladoss, M. (Michael), 1936-
• Hughes, Gerard J.
• Magesa, Laurenti, 1946-
• Stinton, Diane B.
• Jesuit Historical Institute, sponsoring body.

Description

vi, 194 pages : portrait; 21 cm

Summary

"More than two millennia after Jesus Christ this book unveils the timeless fruitfulness of the greatest Christological and evangelical trinomial, not as a desiccated theological trilemma, but as the bedrock of renewed faith in the depth and vastness of human existence and experience. This book provides incontestable rationale for the confluence of global epistemic, cultural and religious traditions at the service of a dignifying understanding and practice of spirituality. The authors paint a portrait of humanity that pursues and thrives on genuine cultural mutuality, constructive religious understanding, expanded spritual horizon and dynamic cosmic harmony. Far from being a text from the past, Jesus' self-definition comes alive in the pages of this book and powerfully summons readers to personal, communal and cosmic conversion." --

Alternative Title

• Confluence of Asia, Europe and Africa in Jesus of Nazareth
• Publication in honour of Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ

Subject

• Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > 21st century > Congresses
• Jesus Christ
• Catholic Church > Doctrines > 21st century > Congresses
• Catholic Church
• 2000-2099
• Theology, Doctrinal > Asia > 21st century > Congresses
• Theology, Doctrinal > Africa, Sub-Saharan > 21st century > Congresses
• Religious pluralism > Catholic Church > Congresses
• Religious pluralism > Catholic Church
• Religious pluralism
• Theology, Doctrinal
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Asia

Genre/Form

• Festschriften.
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "The 2015 conference that lead to the publication of this book was supported by a Jesuit FACSI grant." -- Acknowledgements, page vi.
• Theme of volume based on the declaration by Jesus that he is at once "the way, the truth and the life"; it is suggested Asian christological traditions placed emphasis on the "way", European on the "truth" and African on the "life".
• "The essays in this book resulted from a conference that was organized by the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) in honour of Adolfo Nicolás, the institute's founder." -- Page 10.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: A confluence of three traditions / Festo Mkenda SJ -- I am the way / Michael Amaladoss SJ -- Western Catholic theology and truth / Gerard J. Hughes SJ -- Jesus, the life : naming Jesus as "healer" in Africa / Laurenti Magesa -- Conclusion: A confluence of Asia, Europe, and Africa in Jesus of Nazareth / Diane B. Stinton.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-4951

ISBN

• 9789966186003
• 996618600X

OCLC

1035420613

Title

The way, the truth and the life : a confluence of Asia, Europe and Africa in Jesus of Nazareth ; a souvenir publication in honour of Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ / Festo Mkenda SJ, Michael Amaladoss SJ, Gerard J. Hughes SJ, Laurenti Magesa, Diane B. Stinton.

Publisher

Nairobi : Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Nicolás, Adolfo de, 1936-2020, honouree.

Mkenda, Festo, 1968- author.

Amaladoss, M. (Michael), 1936- author.

Hughes, Gerard J., author.

Magesa, Laurenti, 1946- author.

Stinton, Diane B., author.

Jesuit Historical Institute, sponsoring body.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-4951