Brief book review from Diarmuid O’MURCHU

Author: Diarmuid O'MURCHU 
Posted by: Editor on April 12, 2010 1:00:00 AM 
 Jose Maria VIGIL Editor, Towards a Planetary Theology, 
fifth volume of the series «Along the Many Paths of God»,
Montreal: Dunamis Publishers, 2010. ISBN: 9780968082867. 

 This book is the fifth and last in a series: "Along the Many Paths of God". The initiative was sponsored by EATWOT (Ecumenical Commission of Third World Theologians). It consists of twenty short essays by different authors including well known theologians such as Michael AMALADOSS, Aloysious PIERIS, Peter C. PHAN, Paul KNITTER and the editor, Jose Maria VIGIL.  It is an engaging and fascinating read tracing a range of theological developments over the past twenty years as theological research and praxis becomes ever more pluralistic, interreligious, trans-religious and even post-religious. As Raimundo PANIKKAR (112ff), notes, the trajectory is no longer merely focussed on liberation theology but rather on the liberation of theology itself.  As noted in the "Open Conclusion" (189ff), theology has outgrown its moorings in the confessional safe haven of the past and now belongs to the what Jose Maria VIGIL (180ff) describes as a seductive future poised to embrace the great questions and baffling paradoxes confronting humanity today. This emerging planetary theology engages "faith seeking understanding" at every level where humans search for meaning today. And the project aims to provide hope and promise beyond the many broken promises that discredit the Kingdom of God in our time.  
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