AN EVOLVING THEOLOGY OF EVANGELIZATION AND CATECHESIS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT
Keywords:
Catechesis, Churching, Divinization, Evangelism, Evangelization, Inculturation, Indigenization, Intentional Discipleship, Liberation, Models of Evangelization, Paradigms, Pastoral Praxis, Mission, TheosisAbstract
There is an intimate relationship between the concept of Evangelization and Catechesis. One is like the way the Kingdom of God is sown and the other is the way the Kingdom of God is nurtured, deepened and maintained. Both need a land and culture for their significant blossoming existence. India, being an ancient land of civilization with honourable heritage, legacy and wisdom, has the potency to become a fertile soil for the growth of Gospel. Today due to the religious fluidity many leave the traditional Christian religion. This reality demands from the Church a new-evangelizing mission, efficacious catechetical ministry and appropriate pastoral practice. The Indian Church awaits a true inculturated knowledge of faith, method of proclamation, liturgical life, moral formation, community life and transmission of the mission of the Gospel of Jesus. The available paradigms of evangelization and catechesis become valid tools for promoting authentic Christian praxis and mission.
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