In October 2016 homileticians from seven European countries met in Leipzig in order to reflect on political preaching in the context of the so called European ‘refugee crisis’. This article shows the background of this conference, gives a very brief overview of the perspectives from different countries, and suggests ways to continue European homiletical research on this theme.

Preaching is in transition, so is homiletics as the theory of preaching. In this article the development of homiletics in the Low Countries is explored as a case-study within the dynamics of international homiletical thought. The material for this case-study consists of the doctoral theses that have been published since the turn of the century. The amount of doctoral work in homiletics, the variety of methodological approaches and theological perspectives, provide a viable entrance to homiletics as academic discipline. It will be concluded that homiletics has developed into an international, empirically oriented, culturally sensitive, and theological diverse field. Preaching is in transition, so is homiletics. The transition, as seen through the lens of recent Dutch contributions to scholarly discourse in preaching, has three focal points: pneumatology, language, and empirical research.

[pt] A pesquisa está ligada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Teologia da PUC-Rio na área de Teologia Sistemático-Pastoral, linha de pesquisa: Religião e Modernidade; e ligada ao projeto de pesquisa Temas sobre a Igreja e os Diálogos. O início do século XX apresentou ao mundo o atual movimento pentecostal, que se expandiu consideravelmente no cristianismo, e sua maneira de atuação missionária tem despertado a atenção de muitos pesquisadores. Nesta tese é analisada a missão da Igreja do Evangelho Quadrangular, que integra o movimento, tanto no tocante à sua participação histórica quanto na teologia. A pesquisa buscou um teólogo que discutisse temas pneumatológicos e da teologia da missão, encontrando em José Comblin um interessante referencial teórico para compor um diálogo sobre a missão e o Espírito Santo. Esse proeminente teólogo, além de ocupar-se dos temas pertinentes à missão dessa denominação, também atuou como missionário, refletindo a partir do agir. Propõe-se aqui o diálogo ecumênico, por se tratar de uma prática pentecostal em diálogo com um expoente da teologia católica. A hipótese da pesquisa é que o crescimento da IEQ no Brasil está relacionado à sua missão pelos leigos . A missão, para a IEQ, inicia-se com uma evangelização de anúncio taumatúrgico, pela cura dos indivíduos. Vemos que para Comblin a missão tem um caráter de libertação do ser humano. Nesse ponto as duas noções de missão podem dialogar. Observa-se que na atualidade a reflexão da IEQ está se abrindo da cura do indivíduo para ter também o cuidado com o ser humano e tudo que diz respeito à vida, como a ecologia e as diferenças sociais. / [en] The research is linked to the Graduate Program in Theology at PUC-Rio in the area of Systematic-Pastoral Theology, line of research: Religion and Modernity; and linked to the research project Themes on the Church and the Dialogues. The beginning of the 20th Century introduced to the world the current pentecostal movement, which it expanded considerably in Christianity, and its way of missionary work has awakened the attention of many researchers. In this thesis is analyzed the mission of the Foursquare Church, which integrates the movement, both in terms of its historical participation and in Theology. The research sought a theologian who discussed pneumatological themes and the mission Theology, finding in José Comblin an interesting theoretical reference to compose a dialogue about the mission and the Holy Spirit. This prominent theologian, in addition to deal with relevant themes to the mission of that denomination, also served as a missionary, reflecting from the act itself. It s proposed here the ecumenical dialogue, as it is a pentecostal practice in dialogue with an exponent of the Catholic Theology. The hypothesis research is that the growth of the Foursquare Church in Brazil is related to its mission by the laypeople. The mission for the Foursquare Church begins with an evangelization of thaumaturgical proclamation, for the healing of individuals. We see that for Comblin, the mission has a liberation character of the human being. At this point, the two notions of mission can dialogue. It is observed that nowadays the reflection of Foursquare Church is opening up from the healing of the individual to also have the care of the human being and everything that concerns to life, such as Ecology and social differences.

This paper is intended to analyze the contributions of Contextual Theology and Contextual theologians to dismantling the South African apartheid system. It is intended to demonstrate that the South African churches failed to effectively politicize and radicalize to confront the government until the advent of Contextual Theology in South Africa. Contextual Theology provided the Christian clergy the theological justification to unite with anti-apartheid organizations. Its very concept of working with the poor and oppressed helped the churches gain favor with the black masses that were mostly Christian. Its borrowing from Marxist philosophy appealed to anti-apartheid organizations. Additionally, Contextual theologians, who were primarily black, began filling prominent leadership roles in their churches and within the ecumenical organizations. They were mainly responsible for radicalizing the churches and the ecumenical organizations. They also filled an important anti-apartheid political leadership vacuum when most political leaders were banned, jailed, or killed.

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Text in English / This dissertation has examined the University Christian Movement (UCM) over its turbulent five year history from 1967 to 1972 in terms of the original hopes of the sponsoring ecumenical denominations. Contextual factors within the socio-political arena of South Africa as well as broader youth cultural influences are shown to have had a decisive influence. These factors help to explain the negative reaction from the founding churches. While this is not a thesis on Black Consciousness, nevertheless the contribution of the UCM to the rise of Black Consciousness and Black Theology is evaluated. UCM is shown to be a movement well ahead of its time as a forerunner in South Africa of Black Theology, contextual theology, feminism, modem liturgical styles, and intercommunion. As such it was held in suspicion. It suffered repressive action from the government and alienation from the churches. Constant cross referencing to other organisations such as the World Student Christian Federation, the National Union of South African Students, the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, and the Sllldents Christian Association, helps to locate the UCM within the flow of contemporary history. The concluding evaluation differs markedly from the report of the Schlebusch Commission by making both critical and positive judgement from the perspective of the UCM as an ecumenical mission to students. / Christain Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

本論文旨在通過以合一運動視角詮釋香港基督教史，輔以八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議之個案，分析香港基督教在建構香港身份認同過程的參與與貢獻，以說明香港基督教為香港社會的重要成員，香港基督教史研究亦為幫助我們了解香港歷史不可忽視的重要領域。 / 本研究說明基督教與香港社會、政治、經濟及地理等因素的互相摩擦與接觸，使基督教在香港歷史發展上，進入一個既交錯又融匯的混雜局面，並期望通過歷史研究，發掘普世教會合一運動的基督教傳統與本土香港基督教相遇的過程，從而綜述其中的變化與香港基督教教會本土化的獨特經驗。 / 本文以八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議為個案進行研究。該個案承繼了香港社會及教會在六、七十年代的種種發展，又延伸了香港社會及教會在九十年代甚至二十一世紀的各項討論，實有承先啟後的重要作用。並且，該個案其中的歷史變化及特點，均深刻地反映了香港對國際社會與中國的回應，饒有研究價值。二十世紀八十年代，香港社會急劇轉變。1984年中英聯合聲明草簽，九七主權轉移問題隨即成為香港人的核心討論。香港人心主權誰屬還是一個不確定的疑問。 八十年代的香港，無論在政治、經濟以及社會等方面，都進入空前特殊的時代。本研究即以香港基督教協進會所主辦的八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議作為一個瞭解八十年代初香港教會的窗口。 / 在1980年11月17-20日，約有120位教會代表參加「八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議」，除了會員教會和機構派員參加外，還有天主教及福音派教會和團體的代表參與，顯示該會議促進合一的努力和特性。各工作小組就每一項宣教議程進行商討及思考，然後提出建議，以供各教會參考之用。五項議程為向低薪市民傳福音、向學生傳福音、對國內基督徒關懷、對公共政策釐訂的參予及對市民心態的影響。由於1984年中英聯合聲明簽署，九七問題的迫近，協進會突破十年一次舉行香港教會諮詢會議的常規，提前在該會三十二週年的紀念日，即1986年1月19至22日舉行「八十年代中期香港教會使命諮詢會議」，不單視為八十年代諮詢會議的延續和檢討，更是對九七問題的急切回應，可見諮詢會議為香港教會和香港社會、政治、經濟合一的媒介之一。通過以上的會議，我們從香港教會普世合一運動的高峰、福音派和主流派的合作和了解、與殖民政府和中國關係的改變，以及教會對公共事務的實際參與等方面，來刻畫八十年代初香港教會與社會的面貌，從而說明教會普世運動在香港發展的獨特性，以及香港在回應國際與中國之際的本土社會變化。 / 最後，本研究從殖民、中國人、基督徒以及香港人等四個身份，說明香港基督教在建構香港身份認同過程中的角色與意義，以論證香港基督教在香港社會為不可或缺的部份，而香港基督教歷史研究亦是香港研究中不容忽視的部份。 / The thesis of my research is to articulate the crucial role of Christianity in the development of Hong Kong society through the reinterpretation of the history of Hong Kong Christianity in the ecumenical perspective. / Hong Kong church is an impetus for the sustainable development of Hong Kong society. The guiding principles of the ecumenical theology are one of the facilitators for the church to react with the political, economic and social development of Hong Kong. In my research, I will scrutinize the special ecumenical way of thinking. From that knowledge and sense of right and wrong, the church accelerated a lot of critical and significant decisions all the way through the history of Hong Kong. Prominently, it is a brand new perspective to study the role of church in Hong Kong history. There is no other work had been done on the history of Hong Kong Christianity in the ecumenical perspective. I aspire that we could gain a lot of new knowledge and ideas from this ecumenical perspective. / My research will examine the history of Hong Kong in the eighties in particular. Hong Kong went through drastic changes in the period. Politically, we faced the issue of sovereignty handover. Economically, we met the gigantic development in the property and stock market. Socially, we encountered extreme disparity between the rich and the poor. We are in the kairos (decisive moment of our time) of the history. The Hong Kong Christian Council had launched series of seminars and conferences throughout the eighties. The most influential conference is the mission consultation conference of the church in Hong Kong in the eighties. My research will examine this conference deeply and analyze the relationship between the church and the development of Hong Kong. I endeavor to give the reader a point of view of this rich and condense Hong Kong history in the eighties. / Nowadays, Hong Kong is in the very moment after the return to China. We are still searching for Hong Kong identity. We are still struggling for the better and more suitable way of living politically, economically and socially. Our history is our power. History is a mirror serving as an insight for us to measure our future. My research is intent to shine the Hong Kong history in an alternative perspective. I believe that we will lost in reflection from our heritage and empower for our future. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 湯泳詩. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-179). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Tang Yongshi. / 摘要 --- p.I / ABSTRACT --- p.III / 謝辭 --- p.V / 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究主旨 --- p.2 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究價值 --- p.6 / Chapter 第一章 --- 香港基督教史研究述評 --- p.8 / Chapter 第一節 --- 香港基督教史研究編年回顧 --- p.9 / Chapter 1.1 --- 二十世紀初至中華人民共和國成立 (1900-1949) --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2 --- 戰後至九七回歸 (1950-1996) --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- 回歸後至2003 (1997-2003) --- p.15 / Chapter 第二節 --- 香港基督教史研究議題評論 --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- 殖民身份 --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- 中國人身份 --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- 基督徒身份 --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4 --- 香港人身份 --- p.23 / Chapter 第三節 --- 小結 --- p.24 / Chapter 第二章 --- 從合一運動的視角詮釋基督教史 --- p.25 / Chapter 第一節 --- 印度個案 --- p.25 / Chapter 第二節 --- 非洲個案 --- p.27 / Chapter 第三節 --- 美國個案 --- p.32 / Chapter 第四節 --- 回應 --- p.37 / 合一運動之體現普世教會協會歷史 (1948至2006) --- p.44 / Chapter 第一節 --- 合一運動沿革 --- p.44 / Chapter 1.1 --- 教會分裂 --- p.45 / Chapter 1.2 --- 宣教 --- p.45 / Chapter 1.3 --- 信仰與教制 --- p.46 / Chapter 1.4 --- 生命與工作 --- p.46 / Chapter 1.5 --- 教會合一 --- p.46 / Chapter 1.6 --- 合一運動在中國 --- p.47 / Chapter 第二節 --- 普世教會協會歷年大會 --- p.48 / Chapter 2.1 --- 亞姆斯特丹大會(AMSTERDAM 1948) --- p.49 / Chapter 2.2 --- 伊雲斯頓大會(EVANSTON 1954) --- p.50 / Chapter 2.3 --- 新德里大會(NEW DELHI 1961) --- p.51 / Chapter 2.4 --- 烏普薩拉大會 (UPPSALA 1968) --- p.52 / Chapter 2.5 --- 奈洛比大會 (NAIROBI 1975) --- p.53 / Chapter 2.6 --- 溫哥華大會(VANCOUVER 1983) --- p.54 / Chapter 2.7 --- 坎培拉大會(CANBERRA 1991) --- p.55 / Chapter 2.8 --- 哈拉雷大會(HARARE 1998) --- p.55 / Chapter 2.9 --- 波爾圖大會(PORTO ALEGRE 2006) --- p.55 / Chapter 第四章 --- 合一運動在香港 香港基督教協進會歷史 (1954至2005) --- p.57 / Chapter 第一節 --- 奠基階段(1954年-1977年) --- p.61 / Chapter 1.1 --- 普世教會合一運動 --- p.61 / Chapter 1.2 --- 香港教會合一運動 --- p.63 / Chapter 1.3 --- 基督教公民運動 --- p.68 / Chapter 1.4 --- 救濟賬災活動 --- p.69 / Chapter 第二節 --- 興盛階段(1978年-1988年) --- p.71 / Chapter 2.1 --- 監察公共政策及關注低下階層 --- p.72 / Chapter 2.2 --- 重建與國內教會關係 --- p.75 / Chapter 2.3 --- 香港教會使命神學反省 --- p.76 / Chapter 2.4 --- 其他運動 --- p.78 / Chapter 第三節 --- 摸索階段(1989年至2005年) --- p.80 / Chapter 3.1 --- 普世教會合一運動 --- p.81 / Chapter 3.2 --- 香港教會合一運動 --- p.83 / Chapter 3.3 --- 面對九七問題 --- p.86 / Chapter 3.4 --- 與國內教會關係 --- p.89 / Chapter 3.5 --- 救濟慈惠工作 --- p.91 / Chapter 第五章 --- 八十年代初香港教會的契機 --- p.93 / 以香港教會使命諮詢會議為個案 --- p.93 / Chapter 第一節 --- 歷屆香港教會使命諮詢會議簡述 --- p.94 / Chapter 1.1 --- 七十年代香港教會的使命 ── 路向與計劃諮商會議 --- p.94 / Chapter 1.2 --- 八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.96 / Chapter 1.3 --- 八十年代中期香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.96 / Chapter 1.4 --- 九十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.97 / Chapter 1.5 --- 九十年代香港教會使命中期諮詢會議 --- p.98 / Chapter 1.6 --- 廿一世紀香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.99 / Chapter 第二節 --- 八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.101 / Chapter 2.1 --- 香港教會使命研討會 --- p.101 / Chapter 2.2 --- 八十年代香港教會使命諮詢會議會議詳情 --- p.103 / Chapter 2.3 --- 八十年代中期香港教會使命諮詢會議 --- p.112 / Chapter 第三節 --- 八十年代初的香港教會 --- p.114 / Chapter 3.1 --- 香港教會普世合一運動的高峰 --- p.114 / Chapter 3.2 --- 福音派和主流派的合作和了解 --- p.115 / Chapter 3.3 --- 與殖民地政府和中國關係的改變 --- p.116 / Chapter 3.4 --- 教會對公共事務的實際參與 --- p.117 / Chapter 第四節 --- 小結 --- p.118 / Chapter 第六章 --- 身份的尋索 ── 以合一運動視角詮釋香港基督教歷史的意義 --- p.119 / Chapter 第一節 --- 殖民身份 --- p.121 / Chapter 第二章 --- 中國人身份 --- p.123 / Chapter 第三節 --- 基督徒身份 --- p.126 / Chapter 第四節 --- 香港人身份 --- p.129 / Chapter 第五節 --- 小結 --- p.131 / 總結 --- p.133 / 徵引書目 --- p.137

Text in English / This dissertation has examined the University Christian Movement (UCM) over its turbulent five year history from 1967 to 1972 in terms of the original hopes of the sponsoring ecumenical denominations. Contextual factors within the socio-political arena of South Africa as well as broader youth cultural influences are shown to have had a decisive influence. These factors help to explain the negative reaction from the founding churches. While this is not a thesis on Black Consciousness, nevertheless the contribution of the UCM to the rise of Black Consciousness and Black Theology is evaluated. UCM is shown to be a movement well ahead of its time as a forerunner in South Africa of Black Theology, contextual theology, feminism, modem liturgical styles, and intercommunion. As such it was held in suspicion. It suffered repressive action from the government and alienation from the churches. Constant cross referencing to other organisations such as the World Student Christian Federation, the National Union of South African Students, the South African Council of Churches, the Christian Institute, and the Sllldents Christian Association, helps to locate the UCM within the flow of contemporary history. The concluding evaluation differs markedly from the report of the Schlebusch Commission by making both critical and positive judgement from the perspective of the UCM as an ecumenical mission to students. / Christain Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

Notre thèse est consacrée à l’herméneutique œcuménique du philosophe Paul Ricœur. L’intérêt de Paul Ricœur pour la théologie œcuménique se situe dans le domaine de la réception. L’originalité de la réception œcuménique consiste dans la reconnaissance de l’altérité des autres croyants ou des autres communautés chrétiennes. Ce processus de la réception de l’altérité va au delà de la ratification d’un texte. Pour éclaircir ce processus, nous avons besoin d’un modèle qui, dans un sens œcuménique, explique le rapport entre la reconnaissance interpersonnelle de l’altérité, la réception de textes et le changement d’identité collective. Nous déduisons une telle théorie de la réception amplifiée et nourrie de la philosophie de Paul Ricœur et nous comparons le modèle de Ricœur avec des processus œcuméniques concrets. Nous présentons trois situations du dialogue œcuménique en France et nous sommes en mesure de constater de larges convergences de ces exemples avec l’herméneutique de Ricœur. Au chapitre 6, nous donnons un résumé substantiel de notre thèse en français. / Our dissertation deals with the ecumenical hermeneutics of the French philosopher Paul Ricœur. The interest of his theory for the ecumenical theology lies in the field of the ecumenical reception. What makes the ecumenical reception so specific is the fact, that it requires the acceptation of the otherness – the alterity – of the ecumenical partner. Obviously, this process goes far beyond the ratification of ecumenical documents. In order to clarify the process of reception, we need a hermeneutical model explaining the interrelation of the interpersonal recognition of the otherness, the reception of texts and the change of collective identities. We deduce a complex model of the reception process from the theory of Paul Ricœur and we compare the model of Ricœur with three concrete ecumenical processes in France. As we see, there is a high degree of accordance between these examples and Ricœurs hermeneutics. In chapter 6, we give a summary in French. / Die Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der ökumenischen Hermeneutik des französischen Philosophen Paul Ricœur. Ricœur, dessen ökumenisches Engagement hierzulande weitgehend unbekannt ist, wird in Kapitel 1 als ökumenischer Akteur und Mitinitiator einer ungewöhnlichen ökumenischen Aktion vorgestellt. Anschließend wird in Kapitel 2 ein Überblick zum Stand der Forschung in der Rezeptionsfrage gegeben, der aufzeigt, an welchen Stellen die Hermeneutik Ricœurs bestehenden Theorien etwas hinzufügen könnte. Als Spezifikum der ökumenischen Rezeption gilt die Herausforderung, die Alterität anderskonfessioneller Glaubender oder Gemeinschaften zu rezipieren. Was das im Einzelnen bedeutet, kann nicht durch eine Rezeptionsforschung geklärt werden, die sich nur auf die Ratifikation von ökumenischen Dokumenten konzentriert. In Kapitel 3 wird Ricœurs ökumenische Hermeneutik aus der Fülle seines philosophischen Werks rekonstruiert, wobei neben einigen Beiträgen, in denen Ricœur sich explizit mit dem ökumenischen Dialog auseinandersetzt, seine Schriften zu den Themen Texttheorie, narrative Identität, Übersetzung, Versöhnung, Offenbarung und Anerkennung herangezogen werden. Das sich daraus ergebende Modell der „interkonfessionellen Gastfreundschaft“ stellt die interpersonelle Anerkennung als das entscheidende Moment der ökumenischen Rezeption vor und setzt neue Akzente bezüglich des Rezeptionsverlaufs, des möglichen Identitätswandels von Glaubensgemeinschaften und des Gebrauchs ökumenischer Dokumente. Kapitel 4 geht der Frage nach, ob sich Ricœurs Modell in konkreten Rezeptionssituationen plausibilisieren lässt. Drei Beispiele aus Frankreich (Rezeption der Leuenberger Konkordie, Groupe des Dombes, Communauté de Taizé) werden untersucht, wobei eine weitgehende Übereinstimmung sichtbar wird. In Kapitel 5 werden die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst und es werden Anregungen für eine Ökumenekultur im Anschluss an Ricœurs Hermeneutik gegeben. Kapitel 6 enthält ein ausführliches Resümee der Arbeit auf Französisch. Kapitel 8 liefert den für diese Untersuchung wichtigsten Beitrag von Ricœur zur ökumenischen Hermeneutik erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung.

This topic, "Some Mission Societies Since Lausanne 1974" is an examination of the impact of Lausanne 1974 on the Global Church through ParaChurch organizations. There is a Focus on DAWN as a Movement. The topic was chosen due to the fact that mission organization scholars from agencies such as the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dawn Ministries, YWAM, and A.D. 2000 consider Lausanne 1974 to be a watershed event in evangelical missions. Lausanne 1974 renewed evangelical vision of missions and gave new direction to mission organizations. This dissertation explores those claims. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th (Missiology) Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology