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A Compassionate Space‐making
Author(s) -
Adiprasetya Joas,
Sasongko Nindyo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the ecumenical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1758-6623
pISSN - 0013-0796
DOI - 10.1111/erev.12416
Subject(s) - friendship , sociology , compassion , space (punctuation) , vulnerability (computing) , social psychology , aesthetics , psychology , theology , philosophy , social science , computer science , linguistics , computer security
Abstract Using the lens of trinitarian theology of friendship, this article discusses the idea of compassionate space‐making. By showing the primacy of friendly love ( philia ) over agapeic love, it argues that the idea of trinitarian friendship can offer a creative and imaginative way for constructing a theology of friendship in the communal and broader social contexts. The article then presents five marks of theology of friendship that enable Christians to participate in this trinitarian friendship by making space for and befriending others: vulnerability, unpredictability, reimagination, propheticity, and compassion. The article concludes with a practical spiritual exercise which exemplifies this trinitarian theology of friendship.