A Compassionate Space-making

Using the lens of trinitarian theology of friendship, this article discusses the idea of compassionate space-making. By showing the primacy of friendly love (philia) over agapeic love, it argues that the idea of trinitarian friendship can offer a creative and imaginative way for constructing a theol...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Adiprasetya, Joas (Author) ; Sasongko, Nindyo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 21-31
IxTheo Classification:KDJ Ecumenism
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
Further subjects:B propheticity
B Friendship
B Trinity
B Compassion
B Unpredictability
B Vulnerability
B Reimagination
B space-making
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Volltext (doi)
Description
Summary:Using the lens of trinitarian theology of friendship, this article discusses the idea of compassionate space-making. By showing the primacy of friendly love (philia) over agapeic love, it argues that the idea of trinitarian friendship can offer a creative and imaginative way for constructing a theology of friendship in the communal and broader social contexts. The article then presents five marks of theology of friendship that enable Christians to participate in this trinitarian friendship by making space for and befriending others: vulnerability, unpredictability, reimagination, propheticity, and compassion. The article concludes with a practical spiritual exercise which exemplifies this trinitarian theology of friendship.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12416