21 THEOLOGY 4

INTIA, RUSHELLE IBANEZ LIVING THE CHRISTIAN VISION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
2- JRN-1 UNIT ONE: HARMONY WITH GOD Marc,h 20, 2020
UNIT 2: HARMONY WITH THE HUMAN COMMUNIT: LESSON 01: CALLED TO DIALOGUE

CALLED TO
DIALOGUE
FAITH AND CULTURE
The Gospel has to purify a culture while culture has to enrich the
Gospel. There must be a mutual enrichment between the Gospel and
culture between faith and culture.
Stanley H. Skreslet, Comprehending Mission (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2012), 97.

Faith and Culture work Religion is embodied in one of the

like a tree. Faith needs to
be planted in culture to
grow and bear fruits.
- Cardinal Paul Poupard
components in culture. It is the
animating principle of culture.
Culture is the body and Religion as its soul

1996
To do this, faith and culture need to dialogue, which
requires listeners with a heart and not only with the ear.

F A I T H M U S T . . .
accept and acknowledge the values that are incorporated into
the culture.
recognize that culture is a human creation, it is marked by sin.
Hence, faith must heal and purify it.
Cardinal Paul Poupard in his Keynote Address at the University of Santo Tomás in Manila, on
January 14, 1996, in a Colloquium of the Federation or Asian Bishops' Conferences.

THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH ABOUT

FAITH AND CULTURE
To bear more fruitful witness to Christ, people are called to:
Join others by esteem and love; acknowledge themselves as members
of where they live;

Share in their socio-cultural life;

Be familiar with their national and religious traditions;

Lay bare the seeds of the Word which lie hidden among their fellows
willingly and reverently.
- (AG 11)

INCULTURATION AND
INTERCULTURALITY
INCULTURATION INTERCULTURALITY

In the theological context, inculturation is

the incarnation. It is the meeting of different
The gospel of Jesus Christ should be cultures.
inculturated, or incarnated, in the local culture.
It enhances mutual enrichment,
Matt 5:17; Acts 10:34
appreciation, and collaboration
Inculturation is the Church's efforts to make the
message of Christ enter into a given socio-cultural that would create a new synthesis.
environment.
- (Agcaracar)

Sources:
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_1988_fede-inculturazione_en.html
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccatheduc/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_20131028_dialogo-interculturale_en.html
http://www.inculturacion.net/phocadownload/Autores_invitados/Poupard,_The_dialogue_between_faith_and_culture.pdf