EVANGELIZATION, SPIRITUALITY AND GLOBALIZATION

Authors

  • Theodore Mascarenhas DHARMARAM VIDYA KSHETRAM (DVK)

Keywords:

EVANGELIZATION, SPIRITUALITY, GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

Ferocious relativism has invaded discourse of all kinds, and we
cannot ignore it. Indifference to its ominous shadow would do an
injustice to all of us because in some way, even if minimally, we all
hope to reach a glimpse at what really is

Author Biography

Theodore Mascarenhas, DHARMARAM VIDYA KSHETRAM (DVK)

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.

References

Mt 28:19-20.
“Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let themhave dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all
the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man inhis image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them”[Gen1:26-27].
“The relationship with God is constitutive of the human person, who was createdand ordered towards God, who seeks truth, tends towards good, and is attracted bybeauty.” Pope Benedict XVI, Lisbon, May 11,2010.
Pope Benedict XVI, Malta, June 20, 2011.
julio Terán Dutari, Introduction to Mystical Anthropology, Madrid:Fernando Rielo Foundation, forthcoming, 5.
“Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to every creature.”(Mk 16:15)
Marie-Lise Gazarian, Fernando Rielo: Dialogue in Three Voices, Madrid:Fernando Rielo Foundation, 2001.
Fernando Rielo, The GeneticModel in my Thought, Madrid: Fernando Rielo Foundation, 2004; Fernando Rielo,Leyendas, Bologna: Lombar Key, 2009.
St. Theresa of Avila’s Way of Perfection and Interior Castle, and St. John of theCross’ Ascent of Mt. Carmel, Dark Night, Living Flame of Love become realistically
understandable, as for example, the latter’s “substantial transformation” no longerhazardously straddles the border of pantheism, and the former’s “transverberation”is rescued as mysticism is raised to a science, empirical and verifiable. Cfr.: FernandoRielo, Leyendas, Bologna: Lombar Key, 2009.
St. John of the Cross, Living Flame of Love, Stanza 2, nr. 21:
Fernando Rielo, The Genetic Model in My Thought, Madrid: Fernando RieloFoundation, 2004.
St. John of the Cross, Living Flame of Love, Stanza 1, nr.25; Stanza 2.
St. Catherine of Genoa, as explained by Pope Benedict XVI, cfr.http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2011/documents/hf_
ben-xvi_aud_20110112_en.html

Published

2011-12-31

How to Cite

Mascarenhas, T. (2011). EVANGELIZATION, SPIRITUALITY AND GLOBALIZATION. Asian Horizons, 5(04), 735–745. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/ah/article/view/2499