“A santíssima Trindade é a melhor comunidade”: trindade, igreja, sociedade civil
This paper discusses Leonardo Boff’s Trinitarian theology over against the Brazilian context in and after the transition to democracy. It explores recent political history and the place of civil society and the churches in it. It then presents Leonardo Boff’s social and cosmic Trinitarian theology....
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Escola Superior de Teologia (EST) |
| Repositório: | Estudos Teológicos (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.est.edu.br/periodicos:article/388 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://periodicos.est.edu.br/index.php/estudos_teologicos/article/view/388 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Theology Trinity; Leonardo Boff; Transition to democracy; Citizenship; Civil society Teología Trinidad; Leonardo Boff; Transición democrática; Ciudadanía; Sociedad civil Teologia Trindade; Leonardo Boff; Transição democrática; Cidadania; Sociedade civil |
| Resumo: | This paper discusses Leonardo Boff’s Trinitarian theology over against the Brazilian context in and after the transition to democracy. It explores recent political history and the place of civil society and the churches in it. It then presents Leonardo Boff’s social and cosmic Trinitarian theology. As a next step, it relates the critical and constructive (“inspiring”) role of a perichoretic doctrine of the Trinity with the challenges of Brazilian society. In this context, it stresses four aspects that are seen as central for the churches’ contribution to democracy and are motivated by faith: otherness, participation, trust and consistency. It does not intend to make simplistic deductions or inductions, but to identify traits of the triune God that are basic to enable human beings to not only coexist, but also interact in fellowship, searching for life together. As the involvement forfull citizenship aims at a broadly participatory democracy and as the churches are part of civil society, Trinitarian thinking I relation to society as whole can in fact stimulate and inspire actors of civil society, even beyond the churches. |
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