Vol. 2 (2014) - Issue 2

Vol. 2 (2014) - Issue 2

March 28, 2024 2024-03-29 17:52

ABSTRACTS

Rm 1,26-27. Homosexualité et évangile selon l’apôtre Paul

How does Paul stand towards homosexuality regarding faith in Jesus Christ? What does he mean by sexual intercourse “contra natura”? Does he make a difference between “contra natura” for women and “contra natura” for men? Is his position only related to his cultural context or is it his faith conviction? By putting verses 26-27 in their literary context and by exploiting the different parallelisms at play in the composition of Rm 1: 18-32 the key problem is evidenced: the abomination of idolatry which distorts the dispositions God has established. Homosexuality is a typical distortion of those dispositions. Thus, it should be condemned. Paul does not seem to condemn homosexuals because conversion to the true God, revealed through Christ, is a source of salvation for anyone who believes, no matter his previous religious affiliation.

La Problématique Théologique Chez Michel De Certeau

Theological discourse is located at the junction of faithfulness of the tradition and the challenge of news questions. Without avoiding this exigency, theology carries the paradox of the achievement of revelation in history and the continuation of such a manifestation in the subjectivity of every believer. Therefore theology must also respond to the necessity of producing languages that take into account this complexity: plurality of experiences, interdisciplinary connection (philosophy, political theory, literature, history, etc.). In that, mystical experiences or those of the mystics allow us to be in contact with the singularity of ways of designating or representing God.

Sedimentation of Meaning and Projection: Education and the Memory of the Land

Education must be a means to creation and self-creation of both the educator and the educated. The words of education must speak in context and the world in which educational project is carried out must become a hermeneutical field. Education as a way of strategically looking at the world necessarily brings about historicity. Africans need to build up a new educational model that breaks away from the old colonial functionalist paradigm. Education must be a political act; it must strive toward the formation of a consciousness that can have an impact on society and on the structuring of the social reality. Education is thus a means to the empowerment of individuals and of society at large.

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