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Breaking the silence: an essential step to initiate paths of reconciliation in abusive dynamics
Full text linkWe are becoming increasingly aware of the complexity of abuse within the ecclesial environment, as it not only affects structures but, above all, fosters an abusive culture. In line with the proposal of sociologist Johan Galtung, a transformation is required that brings us closer to a culture of care that replaces the culture of abuse and that is characterised, among other traits, by reconciliation. In order to achieve this goal, it is essential to break a way of living in silence that distorts its life-generating potential and affects victims, perpetrators and all members of the communities where abuse takes place. In this paper, after presenting Galtung’s proposal and the need to face the culture underlying abuse, I will highlight the role that a misguided experience of silence plays in perpetuating an abusive culture and emphasise the importance of breaking this silence to pave the way for cultural transformation.Cada vez somo más conscientes de la complejidad que encierra la problemática de los abusos en el entorno eclesial, pues afecta a las estructuras y, sobre todo, a una cultura que resulta abusiva. En analogía con la propuesta del sociólogo Johan Galtung, se requiere una transformación que nos acerque a una cultura del cuidado que sustituya a la del abuso y que se caracterice, entre otros rasgos, por la reconciliación. Para este proceso de transformación es necesario romper con un modo de vivir el silencio que pervierte su capacidad generadora de vida y que afecta a víctimas, a victimarios y a todo miembro de las comunidades donde se producen los abusos. En este paper, tras presentar la propuesta de Galtung y plantear la necesidad de abordar la cultura que late tras los abusos, mostraremos el papel que juega una mala vivencia del silencio en una cultura abusiva y la importancia de romper con él para abrir caminos de transformación cultural.Estamos cada vez mais conscientes da complexidade do abuso no ambiente eclesial, pois ele afeta não só as estruturas, mas, acima de tudo, promove uma cultura abusiva. Em consonância com a proposta do sociólogo Johan Galtung, é necessária uma transformação que nos aproxime de uma cultura de cuidado que substitua a cultura do abuso e que se caracterize, entre outros aspectos, pela reconciliação. Para que essa transformação ocorra, é essencial romper com uma forma de viver em silêncio que distorce o potencial gerador de vida e afeta as vítimas, os perpetradores e todos os membros das comunidades onde o abuso ocorre. Neste artigo, após apresentar a proposta de Galtung e a necessidade de enfrentar a cultura subjacente ao abuso, destacarei o papel que uma experiência equivocada de silêncio desempenha na perpetuação de uma cultura abusiva e enfatizarei a importância de romper esse silêncio para abrir caminho à transformação cultural
Sushi Merguez: Fast food, gender roles, and transculturalism in question
Full text linkFollowing the recent turn of contemporary artists towards food as a catalyst to question the restrictiveness of concepts such as identity and community, this article discusses how Franco-Japanese performance artist Tsuneko Taniuchi uses edible art to critique sociocultural traditions related to hospitality and art consumption. More specifically, her Micro-Event N°6 bis/ Fast Food, challenges notions of food as nationalistic cultural expression via the public preparation of unexpected combinations of ingredients, the “sushi merguez,” as well as assumptions regarding her identity as an Asian woman in this role. Pointing to multiple migrant culinary heritages in France, this recipe and its performance (and many reenactments) have evolved towards more inclusive activities where guest performers are invited to reinvent their version of sushi merguez to express their personal history.
Mixing Barthes’s psychosociological approach to food with performance study theories as well as politics of spectatorship, the article investigates the way this participatory script breaks cultural boundaries, triggers reflections on identity politics and national identities, while using the culinary event as an unorthodox type of mediation in the museum setting.
Freedom and identity. The contribution of Ctirad V. Pospišil to the trinitarian ontology of persons in society
Full text linkThe main aim of the paper is to present a connection of Trinitarian theology and ontology with political theology in the work of the Czech theologian Ctirad V. Pospišil. The topic is analysed in the context of a Trinitarian ontology, an approach to the philosophical theology inspired by the German theologian Klaus Hemmerle, and in the context of modern political theology. The paper argues that the focus of modern tradition of Christian political thinking on the problem of emancipation and liberation of man is increasingly accompanied with the questioning of human identity. It tries to identify both of these constitutive elements in Pospišil’s work and shows that an idea of freedom, which avoids a trap of purely negative form of liberation, and a concept of identity, which avoids aggressive self-determination and cultural intolerance, both find their roots in the Trinitarian transformation and reconfiguration of the mystery of being.O principal objetivo do artigo e apresentar uma ligacao entre a teologia e a ontologia trinitarias e a teologia politica, na obra do teologo checo Ctirad V. Pospišil. O tema e analisado no contexto de uma ontologia trinitaria, uma abordagem a teologia filosofica inspirada pelo teologo alemao Klaus Hemmerle, e no contexto da teologia politica moderna. O artigo argumenta que o foco da tradicao moderna do pensamento politico cristao no problema da emancipacao e da libertacao do ser homem e cada vez mais acompanhado pelo questionamento da identidade humana. Tenta identificar estes dois elementos constitutivos na obra de Pospišil e mostra que uma ideia de liberdade, que evita a armadilha de uma forma puramente negativa de libertacao, e um conceito de identidade, que evita a autodeterminacao agressiva e a intolerancia cultural, encontram as suas raizes na transformacao e reconfiguracao trinitaria do misterio do ser
Reception of latin christendom in Kyivan Rus’ (10th-12th centuries) between doctrinal identity and practical considerations
Full text linkThis paper analyzes the main traits of the reception of Latin Christendom in Kyivan Rus’, drawing from the notion of its confessional “otherness” in relation to the Eastern Orthodox norm. The mentioned reception is studied according to the East Slavic narrative sources written at the end of the eleventh and beginning of the twelfth centuries, i.e., directly after the “Great Schism” (1054) between Constantinople and Rome. The complexity of the Rus’ attitude towards Latin Christians is accentuated on several levels: 1) upholding the official Orthodoxy, following the Byzantine doctrinal themes as adopted in Church Slavic polemical literature, while, simultaneously, 2) respecting practical considerations of dynastic ties between the East Slavic political elite and ruling families of the neighboring Latin world, 3) and venerating particular Latin saints. In this respect, special consideration is given to the travel diary on the Holy Land titled Life and Pilgrimage of Daniel, Hegumen of the Land of Rus’ serving as a prime example of encountering confessional differences. Daniel’s thematization of his confessional “other” in the Holy Land reveals a similar ambiguity in the case of Rus’ as a whole: on a declarative level, the polemical writings of the Kyivan metropolitan bishops testify about a negative position on the “Latin heresies”; at the same time, common veneration of particular saints, such as Olaf of Norway or Magnus of Orkney, and decisions of the East Slavic princes confirm the permanence of contacts and willingness to cooperate with the neighboring Latin polities (Sweden, Poland, and Hungary) in forming dynastic marriages and military alliances.Este artigo analisa os principais traços da receção do cristianismo latino pela «Kyivan Rus’», partindo da noção da sua «alteridade» confessional em relação à Ortodoxia oriental. A referida receção é estudada de acordo com as fontes narrativas eslavas orientais escritas no final do século xi e início do século xii, ou seja, imediatamente após o «Grande Cisma» (1054) entre Constantinopla e Roma. Acentua-se a complexidade da atitude da Rus’ em relação aos cristãos latinos a vários níveis: 1) a defesa da ortodoxia oficial, seguindo os temas doutrinais bizantinos, tal como adotados na literatura polémica eslava eclesiástica, e, simultaneamente, 2) o respeito por considerações práticas de laços dinásticos entre a elite política eslava oriental e as famílias governantes do vizinho mundo latino, 3) e a veneração de determinados santos latinos. A este respeito, é dada especial atenção ao diário de viagem sobre a Terra Santa intitulado Vida e Peregrinação de Daniel, Hegúmeno da Terra da Rus’, que serve como um exemplo perfeito do encontro de diferenças confessionais. A tematização que Daniel faz do seu «outro» confessional na Terra Santa revela uma ambiguidade semelhante no caso da Rus’ como um todo. Por outro lado, a veneração comum de determinados santos, como Olaf da Noruega ou Magnus de Orkney, e as decisões dos príncipes eslavos orientais confirmam a permanência de contactos e a vontade de cooperar com as vizinhas metrópoles latinas (Suécia, Polónia e Hungria) na formação de casamentos dinásticos e alianças militares
Sacraments of christian initiation and christian identity formation from the perspective of Syro-Malabar Church
Full text linkIn fact, the act of Christian initiation is itself to be considered as a journey in faith. To make it clear, this article mainly focuses on how this journey in faith is developed through ritual participation of the faithful in the dispensation (dabbrānūta) of Jesus Christ’s Paschal Mystery and thus how it leads to the pledge of future glory. This human response to the faith as a gift-given through the actions of the Church (sacraments) enables one to form one’s own Christian identity today from the perspective of the Syro-Malabar Church. To achieve the aforementioned goal a liturgico-theological approach is employed. On the one hand, it includes situational analysis which looks at the concrete particularity of the given rites of the Sacraments of Christian initiation of both Infant and Adult in the Syro-Malabar Church (New Taksa was published in 2005). On the other hand, a structural analysis follows considering all known and possible performances of the Christian initiation liturgy as it is celebrated in the Syro-Malabar Church today. Both situational and structural analyses advance towards a proper understanding of the faith expressed in the celebration of the Sacraments of Christian initiation, not as an abstract and universal datum but as a living reality culturally expressed and culture laden. In so doing, the author proposes a theology of Christian initiation within the frame work of the Christian identity structure namely believing, celebrating and witnessing.O ato de iniciação cristã deve ser considerado como uma viagem na fé. Para o tornar claro, este artigo centra-se principalmente na forma como esta viagem na fé se desenvolve através da participação ritual dos fiéis na dispensação (dabbrānūta) do Mistério Pascal de Jesus Cristo e, assim, como conduz ao penhor da glória futura. Esta resposta humana à fé como um dom dado através das ações da Igreja (sacramentos) permite-nos formar a nossa própria identidade cristã hoje, a partir da perspetiva da Igreja Siro-Malabar. Para atingir o objetivo acima mencionado, é utilizada uma abordagem litúrgico-teológica. Por um lado, inclui uma análise situacional que examina a particularidade concreta dos ritos dos sacramentos da iniciação cristã de crianças e adultos na Igreja Siro-Malabar (uma nova Taksa foi publicada em 2005). Por outro lado, segue-se uma análise estrutural que considera todos os desempenhos conhecidos e possíveis da liturgia de iniciação cristã tal como é celebrada atualmente na Igreja Siro- -Malabar. Ambas as análises, situacional e estrutural, avançam para uma compreensão adequada da fé expressa na celebração dos sacramentos da iniciação cristã, não como um dado abstrato e universal, mas como uma realidade viva, culturalmente expressa e carregada de cultura. Ao fazê-lo, propõe-se uma teologia da iniciação cristã no quadro da estrutura da identidade cristã, nomeadamente crer, celebrar e testemunhar
Embodied memorial practices as resistance: fighting against Indigenous erasure in US-American National Parks
Full text linkAs their name suggests, national parks are public spaces linked to a sense of national identity and memory. In the United States, national parks are framed as “untouched” wilderness – a narrative that obscures the long history of Native presence and acts of colonial violence. Using the lens of cultural memory studies, this article exam-ines US national parks as spatial fortifications, or materializations, of settler ideals and values. Viewing the creation of national parks to protect “wilderness” as a tool of settler-colonial domination overwriting Indigenous memoryscapes, it aims to il-luminate settler techniques of erasure, as well as continued acts of Indigenous re-sistance. The techniques of erasure are largely based on the privileging of material-ity, with placemaking practices like colonial mapping, (re-)naming, and the creation of physical monuments (in addition to physical dispossession) disrupting Native presence. Resisting this, Indigenous activists and communities assert their contin-ued presence through embodied practices of remembrance, primarily using tech-niques of occupation, like “fish-in” protests, or in practices of “performance car-tography” like running and walking ancestral paths
