EVANGELIZATION OF CULTURES

A TASK AT HAND

Authors

  • Theodore Mascarenhas Pontifical Council for Culture

Keywords:

EVANGELIZATION, CULTURE

Abstract

The words of Pope Paul VI in the Post synodal Exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi written after the Third General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops devoted to evangelization, was a game changer as far as evangelization was concerned. With this document an entirely new area and a new perspective was introduced into the concept of evangelization.

Author Biography

Theodore Mascarenhas, Pontifical Council for Culture

Fr Theodore Mascarenhas SFX, has a Doctoral Degree in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. His Doctoral Dissertation The Missionary Function of Israel in Psalms 67, 96, 117 is published by the University Press, Dallas , USA, 2005. He is the Head of the Departments for Cultures in Asia, Africa and Oceania at the Pontifical Council for Culture and a visiting Professor of Sacred Scriptures at the Gregorian University, Rome, St Thomas University, Rome and the Pilar Theological College, Goa. Email: theobib@gmail.com

References

Mascarenhas Theodore, “Teaching & Response of the Universal Church on Cultural Challenges Today” in Cultural Challenges in Christian Mission in the 21st Century, ed., M. Michael SVD and Kuriala Chittakulam SDB, Media House, Delhi 2008.

Tylor, Edward, Primitive Culture, New York: J.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1924.

L.J. Luzbetak, The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology, New York: Maryknoll, 1988.

Gaudium et spes

Evangelii Nuntiandi

General Directory for Catechesis

Lineamenta for 2012 Synod on the New Evangelization

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Published

2011-12-31

How to Cite

Mascarenhas, T. (2011). EVANGELIZATION OF CULTURES: A TASK AT HAND. Asian Horizons, 5(04), 735–745. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/ah/article/view/2802

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 04 (2011): ASIAN HORIZONS

Section

Articles