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ET-Kongress in Wien, August 2011

Liebe ET-Mitglieder und KongressteilnehmerInnen!

Der letzte ET-Kongress in Wien hat ein breites und sehr positives Echo hervorgerufen. Bitte lesen Sie den Bericht in der Herder Korrespondenz.

Wir bedanken uns herzlich bei den Vortragenden für die ausgezeichneten, stimulierenden Beiträge zum Kongressthema „An den Grenzen der Leiblichkeit. Theologische und interdisziplinäre Zugänge zum Menschsein“. Der Großteil der Hauptvorträge wurde auf „You Tube“ online gestellt und sind unter dem Stichwort „ET-congress 2011“ zu finden.

Weiters möchte ich allen TeilnehmerInnen für ihre Präsentationen der Parallel Papers und Thematic Sessions sowie allgemein für die interessanten Diskussionen und die vielen guten Gespräche meinen Dank bekunden. 

Die Publikation der Hauptvorträge und Parallel Papers ist für 2012 geplant. Alle Vortragenden werden Ende November die entsprechenden Informationen erhalten.

Die Verleihung des Preises für das beste theologische Buch in Europa hat bei den Medien viel Aufmerksamkeit gefunden.

Auch der Juniorkongress in Bratislava war eine sehr gute Erfahrung für DoktorandInnen wie für Lehrende. Beides möchten wir gerne beim kommenden Kongress fortsetzen.

Wir danken allen, die diese Veranstaltungen möglich gemacht haben und hoffen, dass sie in guter Erinnerung bleiben!

Im Namen des gesamten Organisationsteams

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller und Dr. Slavomír Dlugoš (Wien)
 

Nächster ET-Kongress in Brixen, 29.8.-1.9.2013

Liebe Mitglieder der ET,

Als Vizepräsident unserer Gesellschaft habe ich die Ehre, den nächsten internationalen Kongress auszurichten. Ich freu mich schon jetzt, Sie in Brixen, Südtirol (Italien), willkommen zu heißen. Der Termin steht bereits fest, bitte gleich vormerken: 29. August – 1. September 2013. Bei der letzten Präsidiumssitzung in Stuttgart wurde folgendes Thema festgelegt: „Gott in Frage – religiöse Sprache und Sprache der Welt“. Wir möchten darüber reflektieren, wie wir als Theologinnen und Theologen mit den Nichtgläubigen ins Gespräch kommen können und der Frage nachgehen, wie dieser Dialog möglich ist im aufeinander Hören und voneinander Lernen.

Am 28. August 2013 wird - ebenfalls in Brixen - der Juniorkongress stattfinden.

Alle weiteren Informationen erhalten Sie zu gegebener Zeit.

Auf der Homepage der Stadt Brixen und der Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule können Sie sich zwischenzeitlich einen ersten Eindruck vom Kongressort machen.

Mit lieben Grüßen,

Martin M. Lintner OSM, Vizepräsident ET
 

Präsidiumssitzung in Stuttgart, 4.-6.11. 2011

Das neue Präsidium der ET hat in Stuttgart getagt und die kommende Kuratoriumssitzung vorbereitet. Themen waren u.a.

• die Einbindung junger WissenschaftlerInnen in die Gesellschaft (es wird weiterhin die Möglichkeit zu einem Jahr Gratismitgliedschaft geben)
• die nächste Regionalkonferenz (17.2.) und Kuratoriumssitzung in Strasbourg (18.-19.2.2012)
• die Möglichkeit, 2013 eine Regionalkonferenz in Spanien abzuhalten
• die Zusammenarbeit mit Gerhard Kruip, dem neuen Chefredakteur der ET Studies
• die Erstellung einer europäischen Referenzliste für theologische Zeitschriften und Reihen
• die Zusammenarbeit mit INSeCT, der Vereinigung theologischer Gesellschaften auf Weltebene
   

Neue Leitung der Italienischen Sektion

Martin M. Lintner legte aufgrund seiner Wahl zum Vizepräsidenten der ET seine Aufgabe als Vorsitzender der Italienischen Sektion nieder. Zu seinem Nachfolger wurde P. Paolo Gamberini SJ ernannt. Pater Gamberini ist Vorstandsmitglied von ATI (Associazione Teologica Italiana) und Direktor der Zeitschrift "Rassegna di Teologia". P. Gamberini wirkt als außerordentlicher Professor für Christologie an der Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Meridionale (Napoli), Sektion "San Luigi".
 

ET INSeCT Forschungsprojekt: Überwindung von Machtmissbrauch

Das internationale Netzwerk von Gesellschaften für Katholische Theologie (INSeCT) hat ein 3-jähriges, weltweites Forschungsprojekt zum Thema “Die Natur, Funktion und der Ort der Theologie im Hinblick auf den Beitrag der Theologie zur Überwindung von Machtmissbrauch in Kirche und Gesellschaft” gestartet. Jede Mitgliedsorganisation ist gebeten, eine ihrer Region entsprechende Antwort auf diese Fragen zu formulieren. Alle ET-Mitglieder, die an diesem Forschungsprojekt mitwirken oder auf die Projekt-e-mail-Liste gesetzt werden möchten, mögen sich bitte rasch in Kontakt setzen mit: stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk. InteressentInnen werden gebeten, im e-mail ihr genaues Interesse und ihre Expertise zu benennen. Weitere Details sind auf der ET-Homepage nachzulesen.
 

Ankündigung: Newsletter zu den ET-Studies

In der Kuratoriumssitzung in Wien wurde in Übereinstimmung mit der Empfehlung des International Advisory Board der ET Studies Gerhard Kruip zum neuen Chefredakteur der ET Studies gewählt. Gerhard Kruip ist Professor für Sozialethik an der Katholisch-theologischen Fakultät in Mainz. Er wird sich und die Planung für die kommenden Hefte bald in einem Newsletter vorstellen.

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Dear ET members and all interested in ET,

As the new President of the European Society for Catholic Theology, I would like to welcome you all. Together with the ET Presidium, it is my task for the next two years to support European theologians in representing their common concerns and in strengthening one another for their work in church and society. Part of this task is to strengthen the international dimension of our Society and to promote the dialogue between East and West, North and South. We hope that many theologians will get involved with these issues.

First, in the name of all the members of our Society, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to Eamon Conway. In his role as first Vice-President after the changes to the Society’s statutes, he organised the 2009 Congress in Limerick, and then led the Society for two years as President. With great prudence, he continued our conversations with representatives of the Roman Dicasteries and he promoted the formation of new national sections. One of his main interests was to identify mistaken developments in the politics of education, which set theology as it is taught in the university within the aims of a free-market economy. We are delighted that in succeeding Peter Hünermann from 1 January 2012 as President of the Peter Hünermann Foundation – and in this role he will also be President on INSeCT – Eamon will remain tied institutionally to ET.

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller


ET Congress in Vienna, August 2011

Dear ET members and congress participants,

We have received very positive and encouraging feedback for the ET Congress in Vienna. We sincerely want to thank all the speakers for their excellent, stimulating papers on the topic of the Congress “Exploring the Boundaries of Bodiliness. Theological and interdisciplinary approaches to the human condition.” Most of the main papers can be found online on “You Tube”. Please search for “ET-congress 2011”. A wonderful report about the Congress has been published in Herder Korrespondenz.

Furthermore, I would like to thank all who presented papers during the parallel sessions and the thematic sessions, and for the interesting discussions and great conversations throughout the Congress (see the congress website).

The publication of the main papers and the parallel papers is scheduled for 2012. All those who presented papers will receive information concerning the publication at the end of November 2011.

The award of the prize for the best theological book in Europe has attracted much attention in the media.

Also, the Emerging Scholars’ Conference in Bratislava proved to be a very good experience for both doctoral students and professors. As they were so successful, we would like to repeat both the book prize and the Emerging Scholars’ Conference at the next ET Congress.

We would like to thank everybody who made the congress possible and we hope that you will retain fond memories of it.

On behalf of the whole Congress organisation team,

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller and Dr. Slavomir Dlugos (Vienna)
 

Next ET Congress in Brixen, 29 August – 1 September 2013

Dear ET members,

As Vice-President of our Society, I have the honour of hosting the next international Congress. I am already very much looking forward to welcoming you to Brixen, South Tyrol (Italy). We have already fixed the date; please reserve the dates 29 August to 1 September 2013. During the last meeting of the Presidium in Stuttgart, we decided on the following topic: “God in Question – religious language and secular language”. We would like to reflect how we, as theologians, can engage in conversations with non-believers, and we would like to ask how this dialogue can be characterized by listening to and learning from each other.

The Junior Conference will also take place in Brixen on 28 August 2013.

More information will follow later.

Meanwhile, you can get a first impression of Brixen and its philosophical-theological faculty.

Best wishes,

Martin M. Lintner OSM, Vice president ET
 

New Head of the Italian Section

Due to his election as Vice-President of ET, Martin M. Lintner resigned from his function as the Chairman of the Italian section. He will be succeeded by P. Paolo Gamberini SJ. Fr Gamberini is a board member of the ATI (Associazione Teologica Italiana) and Director of the Journal “Rassegna di Teologia”. P. Gamberini is an associate professor for Christology at the Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Meridionale (Napoli), section "San Luigi".
 

Meeting of the ET Presidium in Stuttgart, 4-6 November 2011

The new ET presidium met in Stuttgart and prepared for the forthcoming meeting of the ET Curatorium. Among others, the following topics were discussed:

• the involvement of young scholars in the Society (there is no membership fee during the first year of membership)
• the next regional conference (17 February 2012) and the meeting of the Curatorium in Strasbourg (18-19 February 2012)
• the possibility of a regional conference in Spain in 2013
• collaboration with Gerhard Kruip, new editor-in-chief of ET Studies
• the creation of a European Rating list for theological journals and publications
• cooperation with INSeCT, the association of theological societies at an international level
   

ESCT/INSeCT research project: Power abuse in the Catholic Church and wider Society

The International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT) has launched a 3-year, global research project on ‘the nature, function and location of theology, with particular attention to the power of theology to overcome power abuse in Church and Society’. Each member society is asked to interpret and respond to the project title in a way that is relevant to the contemporary realities of its region. All ESCT members interested in participating in the project, and/or being added to the project’s mailing list, should contact: stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk (the sooner the better). Those interested in participating should give details of their interest and expertise. More details can befound on the ESCT homepage.
 

Announcement: Newsletter concerning ET Studies

In Vienna, having accepted the recommendation of the International Advisory Board of ET Studies, the Curatorium elected Gerhard Kruip as the new editor-in-chief of ET studies. Gerhard Kruip is a professor for Social Ethics at the catholic-theological faculty in Mainz. He will introduce himself shortly in a newsletter, as well as the plan for forthcoming issues of ET Studies.

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Chers membres et sympathisants de l’AETC,

En tant que nouvelle présidente de l’Association Européenne de Théologie Catholique, je voudrais vous saluer chaleureusement. Avec le Presidium de l’association, je suis chargée, pour les deux années à venir, de soutenir les théologiens européens, en les représentant dans leurs préoccupations communes, et en confortant les uns et les autres dans leur travail au service de l’Église et de la société. Une partie de cette tâche consiste à renforcer la dimension internationale de notre association et à promouvoir le dialogue entre l’Est et l’Ouest, le Nord et le Sud. Nous espérons que de nombreux théologiens s’engageront dans ces orientations.

Je voudrais tout d’abord exprimer, au nom de tous les membres de l’AETC, ma profonde gratitude envers Eamonn Conway. À la suite de modifications dans les statuts de notre association, il a été le premier vice-président à organiser le congrès de l’AETC – tenu à Limerick, en 2009. Il a ensuite dirigé l’association comme président pendant deux ans. Il a pris la relève des rencontres avec les représentants des dicastères romains, et soutenu les initiatives visant à créer de nouvelles sections dans l’association. Il a eu spécialement à cœur d’attirer l’attention sur le développement inquiétant d’une politique culturelle visant à « commercialiser » la théologie enseignée à l’université, dans une perspective d’économie de marché, au lieu de favoriser une véritable formation théologique. Nous nous réjouissons qu’en succédant, le 1er janvier 2012, à Peter Hünermann comme président de la Fondation Peter Hünermann et qu’en devenant le nouveau président de INseCT, il reste institutionnellement lié à l’AETC.

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller


Le congrès de Vienne, août 2011

Chers membres de l’AETC et participants aux congrès,

Nous avons eu, pour ce congrès de Vienne, un retour très positif et très encourageant. Nous voulons très sincèrement remercier tous les intervenants pour leurs excellentes et stimulantes contributions sur le thème du congrès “Aux frontières de la corporéité. Approches théologiques interdisciplinaires de la condition humaine .” Vous pouvez trouver la plus grande partie des textes sur “You Tube” (Il faut chercher “ET-congress 2011”). Un magnifique compte rendu du congrès a été publié dans Herder Korrespondenz.

Je voudrais aussi remercier tous ceux qui ont présenté des communications pendant les sessions parallèles et les sessions thématiques, et remercier aussi pour les intéressantes discussions et les conversations marquantes tout au long du congrès.

La publication des conférences plénières et des textes des communications est programmée pour 2012. Toutes les personnnes concernées recevront des informations sur la publication fin Novembre 2011.

Le prix du meilleur livre théologique en Europe a fortement retenu l’attention des médias. 

De même, le colloque pour les jeunes chercheurs à Bratislava s’est avéré une très bonne expérience, tant pour les doctorants que pour les professeurs. Un tel succès nous donne l’envie d’organiser à nouveau à la fois le prix du livre et le colloque des jeunes chercheurs au prochain congrès de l’AETC.

En remerciant tous ceux et celles grâce à qui ce congrès a été possible, nous espérons que vous en garderez un bon souvenir.

Au nom de toute l’équipe organisatrice du congrès

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller and Dr. Slavomir Dlugos (Vienna)
 

Prochain congrès de l'AETC à Brixen, 29 août – 1 septembre 2013

Chers membres de m’AETC,

En tant que vice-président de notre association, j’ai l’honneur d’organiser le prochain congrès international. Je suis déjà très impatient de vous accueillir à Brixen, dans le Tyrol du Sud (Italie). Nous avons déjà fixé les dates ; merci de réserver la période du 29 août au 1er septembre 2013. Lors de la dernière réunion du Presidium à Stuttgart nous avons retenu le sujet suivant : “Dieu en question – langage religieux et langage profane”. Nous voudrions réfléchir à la manière dont nous pouvons, comme théologiens, entrer en conversation avec les non croyants, et nous demander comment caractériser ce dialogue, par l’écoute et l’apprentissage mutuel.

La conférence des jeunes chercheurs se tiendra également à Brixen, le 28 août 2013.

D’autres informations suivront plus tard.

D’ici là, vous pouvez vous faire une première impression de Brixen et de sa faculté de philosophie et théologie.

Avec mes cordiales salutations,

Martin M. Lintner OSM, Vice president ET
 

Réunion du Presidium de l’AETC à Stuttgart, du 4 au 6 novembre 2011

Le nouveau Presidium s’est réuni à Stuttgart et a préparé le Curatorium à venir. Entre autres sujets, ont été discutés:

• l’engagement des jeunes chercheurs dans l’association (il n’y a pas à payer de cotisation la première année de l’adhésion)
• le prochain congrès régional (17 février 2011) et la réunion du Curatorium à Strasbourg (18-19 février 2012)
• la possibilité d’un congrès régional en Espagne en 2013
• la collaboration avec Gerhard Kruip, le nouvel éditeur en chef de ET Studies
• la création d'une liste d'évaluation européenne pour les journaux et publications théologiques
• la coopération avec INseCT, fédération des associations théologiques au niveau international
   

Nouveau responsable pour la section italienne

Du fait de son élection comme vice-président de l'AETC, Martin M. Lintner a mis un terme à sa fonction de responsable de la section italienne. Il sera remplacé par P. Paolo Gamberini, sj. Le Père Gamberini est membre du bureau de l'ATI (l'Association théologique italienne) et directeur du journal "Rassegna di Teologia". Il est professeur associé de Christologie à la Faculté de théologie Pontificale de l'Italie méridionale (Naples), section "San Luigi".


Le projet de recherche de l'AETC: les abus de pouvoir dans l'Église catholique et dans la société

Le réseau international des associations de théologie catholique (INSeCT) a lancé un projet global de recherche de trois ans, sur la "nature, fonction et place de la théologie, avec une attention particulière sur le pouvoir de la théologie de surmonter les abus de pouvoir dans l'Église et la société”. Chaque membre de l'association est invité à réagir au titre du projet et à le commenter d'une façon qui soit pertinente pour les réalités contemporaines de sa région. Tous les membres intéressés à participer à ce projet et/ ou à être ajoutés à la mailing-list doivent contacter stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk (le plus tôt sera me mieux). On attend de ceux qui souhaitent participer qu'ils précisent leur intérêt et leurs compétences. On trouvera davantage de détails sur la page d'accueil de l'AETC.


Annonce: une Newslettter concernant ET Studies

À Vienne, sur recommandation du bureau international d'ET Studies, le Curatorium a élu Gerhard Kruip comme nouvel éditeur en chef d'ET Studies. Gerhard Kruip est professeur d'éthique sociale à la faculté de théologie catholique de Mayence. Il se présentera lui-même brièvement dans une newsletter, avec le projet des numéros à venir d'ET Studies.

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Cari Soci AETC, cari Interessati,

Come nuova Presidentessa dell’Associazione Europea per la Teologia Cattolica (ATEC) mi pregio di darvi il benvenuto! Nei prossimi due anni mi impegnerò insieme al presidio ET affinché i teologi e le teologhe rafforzino i loro comuni intenti in Europa e con essi il loro servizio alla Chiesa e alla società.
Oltre a ciò si rende necessaria anche una forte internazionalizzazione, un vivace scambio tra est e ovest e tra nord e sud. Vogliamo sperare che numerosi saranno i teologi che parteciperanno a questo progetto!

In primo luogo vorrei esprimere a Eamonn Conway il mio più profondo ringraziamento a nome di tutti i soci. Dopo la modifica statutaria egli – rivestendo l’incarico di Vicepresidente – ha organizzato il convegno a Limerick e in seguito per due anni ha guidato l’Associazione come Presidente. Con grande accortezza ha ripreso il dialogo con i rappresentanti dei dicasteri romani e ha favorito la nascita di nuove sezioni locali nei diversi Paesi. Di particolare importanza è stato per lui mettere in guardia da processi sbagliati nelle politiche formative, che invece della formazione vera e propria avessero come scopo quello di assecondare negli studi accademici gli andamenti di mercato. Siamo inoltre molto lieti che Eamonn Conway abbia accettato di succedere a partire dall’1.1.2012 a Peter Hünermann in qualità di presidente della Fondazione Peter-Hünermann, così da rimanere legato istituzionalmente all’AETC anche per il futuro!

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller

Congresso AETC a Vienna, agosto 2011

Cari Soci AETC e partecipanti al Congresso,

l’ultimo congresso AETC a Vienna ha goduto di una vasta e molto positiva risonanza. Vi invito a leggere il resoconto pubblicato dalla “Herder Korrespondenz”.

Ci preme rivolgere un sentito ringraziamento ai relatori per i loro eccellenti e stimolanti contributi sul tema congressuale “Ai confini della corporeità. Approcci teologici e interdisciplinari sull’uomo”. La maggior parte delle relazioni è stata inserita online su You Tube.

Inoltre ringrazio tutti i partecipanti per le loro presentazioni dei Parallel Papers e delle Thematic Sessions, come anche in generale per le interessanti discussioni e i proficui colloqui.

La pubblicazione delle relazioni principali e dei Parallel Papers è prevista per il 2012. Tutti i referenti riceveranno a fine novembre le informazioni a riguardo.

Il conferimento del Premio per il miglior libro teologico in Europa ha goduto presso i media di particolare attenzione. 

Anche il convegno giovanile a Bratislava ha costituito un’esperienza molto positiva per dottorandi e dottorande come anche per i docenti. Entrambi gli eventi troveranno seguito nel prossimo congresso.

Ringraziamo tutti coloro che hanno reso possibile queste manifestazioni e speriamo vivamente che suscitino buoni ricordi!

A nome di tutto il team organizzativo

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller und Dr. Slavomír Dlugoš (Wien)


Prossimo Congresso AETC a Bressanone, 29.8.-1.9.2013

Cari Soci AETC,

Come Vicepresidente della nostra Associazione ho l’onore di organizzare il prossimo Congresso Internazionale e sono molto felice di potervi accogliere a Bressanone, in Alto Adige. Le date sono state già fissate e Vi prego di annotarle: dal 29 agosto all’1 settembre 2013. Nell’ultima seduta del presidio a Stoccarda si è deciso per il seguente tema: “Dio in questione – il linguaggio religioso e il linguaggio del mondo”. Vorremmo riflettere su come noi teologi e teologhe ci rapportiamo ai non-credenti e su come rendere possibile un dialogo in cui entrambe le parti ascoltino e siano disposte ad apprendere.

Il 28 agosto 2013 si terrà anche – sempre a Bressanone – il convegno giovanile. Tutte le informazioni verranno inoltrate a tempo debito.

Sul sito della città di Bressanone e dello Studio Teologico Accademico Bressanone potrete farvi nel frattempo un’idea della sede congressuale.

Saluti cordiali,

Martin M. Lintner OSM, Vicepresidente AETC


Seduta del Presidio a Stoccarda, 4-6 novembre 2011

Il nuovo Presidio si è riunito a Stoccarda e ha preparato la prossima seduta del Curatorio. I temi toccati sono stati tra l’altro:

• l’integrazione di giovani scienziati/e nell’Associazione (si offre ancora la possibilità di entrare per un anno gratuitamente)
• la prossima conferenza locale (17 febbraio 2012) e la seduta del Curatorio a Strasburgo (18 e 19 febbraio 2012)
• la possibilità di tenere nel 2013 una conferenza locale in Spagna
• la collaborazione con Gerhard Kruip, il nuovo caporedattore degli “ET-Studies”
• la redazione di una lista referenziale per riviste e collane teologiche
• la collaborazione con INSeCT, l’Associazione delle Società Teologiche a livello mondiale

Nuovo Presidente per la sezione italiana

Martin M. Lintner ha rimesso il suo mandato di presidenza della sezione italiana a causa dell’elezione a Vicepresidente dell’AETC . è stato nominato suo successore P. Paolo Gamberini SJ. Padre Gamberini è socio coordinatore dell’ATI (Associazione Teologica Italiana) e Direttore della rivista “Rassegna di Teologia”; è inoltre Professore straordinario di Cristologia alla Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale (Napoli), sezione “San Luigi”.


Progetto di ricerca AETC/INSeCT: superare gli abusi di potere

La rete internazionale di Società per la Teologia Cattolica (INSeCT) ha dato inizio a un progetto triennale di ricerca a livello mondiale sul tema “La natura, la funzione e il luogo della Teologia tenendo conto del suo contributo per il superamento degli abusi di potere nella Chiesa e nella società”. Ogni società membra è pregata di formulare in rapporto a tale questione una risposta relazionata alla propria realtà locale. Tutti i soci AETC che prendono parte a questo progetto di ricerca o desiderano essere inseriti nella relativa mailing-list, sono invitati a mettersi in contatto quanto prima con stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk. Gli interessati sono pregati di indicare nella mail il loro specifico interesse e le loro perizie a riguardo. Ulteriori dettagli sono consultabili sul sito dell’AETC.


Avviso: Newsletter sugli ET-Studies

Durante la seduta del Curatorio a Vienna Gerhard Kruip è stato nominato nuovo caporedattore in accordo con il nominativo proposto dall’ International Advisory Board degli Et Studies. Gerhard Kruip è Professore di Etica Sociale alla Facoltà Cattolica dell‘Università di Mainz. Quanto prima presenterà se stesso e la pianificazione dei futuri numeri in una prossima newsletter.

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• Commun(icat)ing Bodies: The Body & Religion Conference: 15-17 February 2012 – University of Graz (Austria).
  >> Further information
• Migration as a Sign of the Times: Perspectives from Social Sciences and Theology, hosted by the Centre for Intercultural Theology and Studies of Religion, University of Salzburg.12-14 April 2012 – Salzburg (Austria).
  >> Further information
• Religious Experience and Tradition, International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference. 11-12 May 2012 – Kaunas (Lithuania).
  >> Further information
• The Official International Theology Symposium for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress will take place from June 6-9, 2012 in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland. The theme is “The Ecclesiology of Communion fifty years after the opening of Vatican II”.
  >> Further information

To have your conference announced in the next ET-Newsletter, send all information to ET-Newsletter@theo.kuleuven.be. 

• The Official International Theology Symposium for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress will take place from June 6-9, 2012 in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland. The theme is “The Ecclesiology of Communion fifty years after the opening of Vatican II”.
  Call for papers. Papers are invited from active researchers (at post-graduate level or with a doctorate qualification received in the past three years) who have an interest in the theme of communion and who plan to attend the symposium. More information.
  >> Applications should be sent to Mary McCaughey by 6 January 2012 iec.symposium2012@spcm.ie
• The Post-Graduate Study Day: Issues in Contemporary Catholic Theology is to be held on 1st March 2012 at Durham University. Post-graduates in contemporary Catholic theology are invited to present their papers on the interpretation of scripture, historical theology, philosophical and doctrinal theology, issues pertaining to cultural expressions of theology or the empirical study of Catholicism.
  >> The deadline for submission of proposals is January 9, 2012.
• Migration as a Sign of the Times: Perspectives from Social Sciences and Theology, hosted by the Centre for Intercultural Theology and Studies of Religion, University of Salzburg.12-14 April 2012 – Salzburg (Austria).
  Call for papers. The conference will have short paper sessions. Senior and junior scholars are invited to submit proposals that are connected to any of the various themes of the conference sessions (cf. programme). A selection of papers is going to be published in a conference volume. We welcome papers which tackle the multifaceted issue of global migration – and, more specifically, the construction of identities in migratory contexts – from different disciplinary backgrounds. It is expected that papers should not last longer than 20 minutes. More information.
  >>Proposals (ca. 300 words) should be emailed by 31 January, 2012 to Judith.Gruber@sbg.ac.at 

To have your call for papers added in the next ET-Newsletter, please send it to ET-Newsletter@theo.kuleuven.be.

Christine AULENBACHER, Il était une foi... Cîstelle, Chercheuse de la Lumière (Paris, Médiaspaul, 2011) 72 pages; N° ISBN: 9 78271 211790 (Préface de Véronique Margron).
De nombreuses personnes, jeunes et adultes, cherchent à mieux comprendre leur histoire parfois bouleversante et à donner un sens à leur existence. Dans le domaine de la psychologie, pendant longtemps, les spécialistes ont étudié les causes et les conséquences des expériences douloureuses qui façonnent le visage de l’être humain et orientent ses choix. Récemment, de nouvelles recherches ont montré que les blessures, les crises et les traumatismes n’ont pas forcément - et de façon presque déterministe - des répercussions uniquement négatives sur la vie d’une femme ou d’un homme. Le paradigme de la résilience, tout en reconnaissant la pertinence des études antérieures, propose par exemple un changement d’approche. Alors que les études se concentraient jusque-là sur les symptômes, les maladies, les déficiences, les blessures du passé, il s’agit à présent d’observer la capacité individuelle ou collective de résister et de se re-construire positivement après des expériences de souffrance profonde. Dans cet ouvrage, Christine Aulenbacher ne prétend pas apporter des clés de lecture scientifique sur l’expérience de la souffrance. Elle a volontairement choisi un récit symbolique pour permettre à chaque être humain de cheminer avec son Etre intérieur au gré de son rythme. Il était une foi… Cîstelle, Chercheuse de la Lumière est un conte, un itinéraire de vie, une expérience spirituelle... Par sa visée pédagogique, cet ouvrage s’adresse à toutes celles et à tous ceux qui, au cœur même de leurs souffrances, ont soif de Lumière, de Vérité et d’Espérance. L’auteure montre qu’un avenir est toujours possible à l’être humain, dès lors qu’il accepte pleinement de consentir à son histoire en refusant fermement de la faire porter aux autres et en ouvrant son cœur à l’Amour : amour de soi, amour de l’autre, amour du Tout-Autre.

Marie-Christine BARON, La fonction ecclésiale de la théologie à partir de l’œuvre d’Yves-Marie Congar. Evaluation pour de nouvelles perspectives institutionnelles (Lille: ANRT, 2009) 492 pages; €48,00; ISBN: 978-2729579258.
Yves Congar, a témoigné par sa vie et dans son œuvre écrite de l’importance du service de la théologie pour la vie de l’Église et pour sa mission. Il a ouvert, en particulier, de nouvelles perspectives pour penser le statut du théologien de nos jours et pour préciser le rôle du magistère dans l’Église. Dans un prolongement critique des intuitions congariennes le service théologique peut être conçu comme ministère en raison de la fonction d’enseignement et de recherche qu’il exerce et de son charisme propre. Il est donc pertinent de considérer la constitution d’un office de théologien situé dans une théologie des ministères qui se réapproprie la trilogie des munera d’une manière nouvelle. En raison de la célèbre distinction thomasienne reçue entre magisterium cathedrae pastoralis et magisterium cathedrae magistralis et en raison des réélaborations théologiques contemporaines de la notion de « magistère », il convient de considérer une autorité doctrinale spécifique de certains théologiens-docteurs et de certaines réalités collectives qu’ils constituent. Cette « reconsidération » du rapport Magistère-docteurs préconisé par Y. Congar lui-même conduit ainsi à distinguer et relier deux autorités doctrinales ministérielles dans une ecclésiologie de communion : le magistère épiscopal et l’autorité doctorale des théologiens.

Helen CAMERON, Deborah BHATTI, Catherine DUCE, James SWEENEY and Clare WATKINS, Talking about God in Practice: Theological Action Research and Practical Theology (London: SCM, 2010) 192 pages; £19.99; ISBN: 978-0334043638.
Talking about God in Practice details the challenges and complexities of real theological conversations with practitioners, whilst providing an example of appropriate process, and a model of theological understanding by which to negotiate these complexities fruitfully. Drawing on, and adapting, action research methods, this process enables researchers with practitioners to access 'implicit' theologies, embedded within practices. The disclosure of the theology borne by practice enables a fresh and often exciting insight for all concerned, which leads to renewal of both practice and theology. The Theological Action Research process offers effective and mutually constructive ways of engaging practitioners and 'academics' in authentic research partnerships, contributing to the proper rootedness of theological scholarship, and to capacity building among practitioners for further, self-led research, reflection, and theologizing.

Roland CERNY-WERNER, Vatikanische Ostpolitik und die DDR (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011) 379 pages; €49,90; ISBN: 978-3899718751.
Während Johannes XXIII. am 7. März 1963 Tochter und Schwiegersohn des sowjetischen Ministerpräsidenten Chruschtschow in privater Audienz empfing, traf sich Agostino Casaroli, der Architekt der Vatikanischen Ostpolitik, während einer UNO-Konferenz mit Mitgliedern von Delegationen aus Staaten des Ostblocks. Beides kann als Anfang einer neuen Vatikanischen Ostpolitik gelten. 
Die Sondersituation der DDR im Geflecht der Vatikanischen Ostpolitik lässt das Wesen dieser Politik erkennen: Dass der Vatikan die DDR nach deren völkerrechtlicher Anerkennung als gleichberechtigten Partner behandelte und das auch gegenüber der Bundesregierung kommunizierte, zeigt sein Streben nach Unparteilichkeit. Er versuchte, als unabhängiger Partner in moralisch-ethischen Fragen wahrgenommen zu werden. Vor allem die Teilnahme an der Konferenz über Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa machte dies deutlich. Die Vatikanische Ostpolitik war in diese Konzeption eingebunden – die Beziehungen des Vatikans zur DDR zeigen dies anschaulich.

Romualdas DULSKIS, Ekumenikė Krikščionybė. Krikščioniškasis pašaukimas protestantizme (Lithuania, Aidai, 2011) 261 pages;  ISBN: 978-609-450-001-5. (Ecumenical Christianity: Christian Vocation in Protestantism)

In the history of Christianity, the teachings of various denominations and their distinguished representatives did not always use an explicit concept of vocation. However, the teaching of every denomination or its representative always contained one or another implicit idea regarding the Christian vocation. The objective of this study is to reveal the fundamental features of the Christian vocation in Protestantism.
The analysis of the Protestant understanding of Christian vocation revealed many positive aspects of theological thought. The possibilities for a variety of rightful interpretations of biblical Revelation were manifested, which gave birth to a wide scale of Christian phenomena. In many cases, new ideas manifested spontaneously, intensely and vitally, bringing positive results to social life. These, it can be asserted, revitalized the concept of the Christian vocation and provided it with new quality. Nonetheless, it is not possible to avoid seeing some unsuccessful and questionable innovations, which are unavoidable on the road of search.
(Taken from the English summary, translated by Vijole Arbas).

Ana Thea FILIPOVIĆ, U službi zrelosti vjere i rasta osoba. Katehetska i religijskopedagoška promišljanja u suvremenom kontekstu (Zagreb: Glas Koncila, 2011) 286 pages; kn 140,00; ISBN: 978-9532412970.
The book „In the service of maturity of the faith and of growth of the persons - Reflections on religious education and catechetical issues in contemporary context ” deals with contemporary understanding of catechesis in the Church and theology, and shows different areas of catechetical reflection and action that characterize the current moment of the Church and society. The book consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with basic concepts and starting points of catechetical discourse. The second chapter presents a contemporary focus and the most discussed catechetical themes and religious-educational thinking in Europe and Croatia. At the same time it indicates the basic coordinates of catechesis and religious education in our time. The third chapter examines the state of catechesis in Croatia, based on empirical tests and insights obtained. The fourth chapter connects the catechesis of the Church and school religious education as a special place of the pedagogical service of the Church to young generations and society as a whole, focusing attention on the relationship between religious education in schools, the teacher of religion and parish communities. The last chapter shows the relevance and contemporary models of religious education in schools in a European context. It also illuminates those questions that all the new development in modern society, in education and in science ask the Church and its theology through the prism of religious education in schools.

Declan MARMION and Rik VAN NIEUWENHOVE, An Introduction to the Trinity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) 251 pages; £16.99; ISBN: 978-0521879521.
Over the last decade there has been a resurgence of writing on the Trinity, indicating a renewal of ideas and debate concerning this key element of Christian theology. This introduction challenges the standard account of a decline and revival in Trinitarian theology, taking into account recent, alternative readings of the theological tradition by Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes amongst other scholars. By clearly analysing the scope of these new approaches, the authors establish the importance of a sapiential understanding of the Trinity, resisting the notion of separating faith and reason and identifying theology’s link to spirituality. Their account also eschews the easy stereotypes of Western Christianity’s supposedly more Unitarian approach as opposed to the more Trinitarian view of the East. Offering an overview of the main people and themes in Trinitarian theology past and present, this book thus provides an accessible, comprehensive guide for students and scholars alike.

Michael O’SULLIVAN, How Roman Catholic Theology Can Transform Male Violence against Women: Explaining the Role of Religion in Cultural Assumptions about Gender (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2010) 432 pages; ISBN-10: 0773414487; ISBN-13: 978-0773414488.
This book articulates a Roman Catholic theological understanding concerning salvation in Jesus Christ that can be transformative of physical and sexual male violence against women across the world. It identifies key elements for a working definition of such complex violence, and highlights the pervasiveness and seriousness of the violence with quantitative data. For the Catholic believer the violence is graver still because a Catholic component can often be identified in the violence. This component is illustrated in the book by qualitative data about Catholic women who suffered incest. Employing the foundational and methodological framework of the praxis of authenticity in consciousness that Bernard Lonergan has identified, and that everyone can verify in their own experience, as well as its specifically Christian conversion component, the book provides grounds for making the situation of violence a theological matter. The book’s argument progresses by following Lonergan’s definition that theology functions to mediate between a religion and a culture and that the function of systematics in method in theology is to construct contextualised understandings for the sake of doing the truth in love. Theological meanings transformative of the situation of violence are elaborated in the book in terms of how to conceive salvation in Jesus Christ. Such an understanding of salvation is constructed by drawing firstly on meanings for salvation in scripture that are dialectically opposed to destructive meanings that the Catholic women, who suffered incest, referred to above received and believed concerning salvation. Insight into these biblical meanings is deepened by drawing on the theologies of salvation of Karl Rahner, Gustavo Gutierrez, and feminist responses to Gutierrez’s theology. The transformative meaning for salvation is developed further by addressing the issues of the male Jesus as saviour and his violent death of redemption in ways that can serve the struggle to stop male violence against women. The book ends by drawing attention to recent documents on male violence against women by Church leaders that make specific reference to a transformative role for theologians and by calling for third level theology colleges to take account of the pertinent violence as a theological imperative and to collaborate with others in a common field of concern as part of the function of theology.

Kazimierz PEK, Deus semper maior. Teologiczny obraz Boga w mariologii polskiej XX wieku (Theological Image of God in Polish Mariology of the 20th Century) (Lublin: KUL, 2009-10); 385 pages; ISBN 978-8373639027.

Lydia SCHUMACHER, Divine Illumination: The History and Future of Augustine’s Theory of Knowledge, Challenges in Contemporary Theology (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) 264 pages; £ 75.00 (special price of £ 25.00 until 31st December 2011 when ordered with promo code VA041, to order visit www.wiley.com); ISBN: 978-0470657423.
Schumacher's Divine Illumination offers an original interpretation of Augustine's theory of knowledge, tracing its development in the work of medieval thinkers such as Anselm, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus. Although Scotus is often deemed responsible for finally pronouncing Augustine's longstanding illumination account untenable, Schumacher shows that he only rejected a version that was the byproduct of a shift in the understanding of illumination and knowledge more generally within the thirteenth-century Franciscan school of thought. To reckon with the challenges in contemporary thought on knowledge that were partly made possible by this shift, Schumacher recommends relearning a way of thinking about knowledge that was familiar to Augustine and those who worked in continuity with him. Her book thus anticipates a new approach to dealing with debates in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of religion, and theology, even while correcting some longstanding assumptions about Augustine and his most significant medieval readers.

James Sweeney with Gemma Simmonds and David Lonsdale (eds), Keeping Faith in Practice: Aspects of Catholic Pastoral Theology (London: SCM, 2010) 288 pages; £45.00; ISBN: 978-0334043232.
The central subject of this book is an exploration of how theology engages with the dimension of practice in the life of the Church and contemporary society and culture. The book covers the main focal points of a Catholic view of pastoral/practical theology - its foundations and different fields.

Norman Tanner, New Short History of the Catholic Church (London and New York, Continuum under Burns & Oates imprint, 2011) 280 pages; £16.99; ISBN: 978-0860124559.
This book is a one volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church. Full notice is taken of recent scholarly initiatives in writing this short account, which is also eminently readable. In each section there is a balance between the institutional and the more directly religious dimensions of the Church - here are some of the elements: bishops, canon law, charity, councils, crusades, devotions, heresies, laity, liturgy, martyrs, missionaries, parishes, pilgrimages, popes, prayer, priesthood, religious orders, sacraments, schools, theologians, universities and the vita consacrata. The scope is wide; the pace of the narrative is attractive. 
  

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Philippe Rousseaux: "Clown par foi".

Il s'agit d'une interview (de 24 minutes) dans le cadre d'une émission hebdomadaire (intitulée "Rencontre Catholique") de la radio du Diocèse de Strasbourg (Église catholique en Alsace) le dimanche 11/12/2011 à 9h15.

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Philippe Rousseaux (membre fondateur de l'AETC-France et doctorant à Strasbourg) anime des retraites spirituelles (en France en Belgique et en Suisse) à partir de la pratique du clown. Ce sont des aventures passionnantes (dans tous les sens du terme!) qui lui font entrevoir l'expérience du clown comme une expérience pascale (c'est le sujet de sa thèse). Selon lui, le clown démontre mille fois par jour - si l'on sait entrer dans son regard - la pertinence du concept de résurrection. Pour entrer dans la gloire et la Vie, le clown sait qu'il doit consentir à mourir. Comme le Christ. L'interview essaie de le démontrer.