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A P ostcolonial T heological P roject : C reating S pace for the S tudies of W orld C hristianity
Author(s) -
Pang Samuel Yunsang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-6631.2008.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - dialogical self , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , obligation , sociology , social psychology , computer science , psychology , law , political science , history , archaeology , database
In this global and culturally pluralistic context we are in, what is being proposed here is that our theological focal point should be on humanity as a relation of beings in dialogue, who are attempting to be open toward the future and to overcome the limits of each other. In this sphere, what is important is the necessity of how to think and act truthfully and faithfully in the continuation and the development of dialogical relations. The partners in dialogue, or interlocutors in dialogue, should accept each other as those who have an inalienable right and an unconditional obligation, and learn from each other in developing “togetherness”. In a way, togetherness is the beginning and end of dialogical relation, even in ever changing situations, which means that the temporal togetherness is also to be open and dialogued in the future dialogue. This is a dialogical event in which the meaning of truth defines and confirms itself because the truth of being is actualized in the figure of dialogical relation.