The Third Diocesan Synod of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas: A Synodal Experience Inculturated in a Mayan Context

Twenty-five years from the calling and twenty-one years from the conclusion of the Third Diocesan Synod of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, the article presents some features of the Church experience of synodality in a native Church in a Mayan context that made the option for the poor and for the native...

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Published in:Concilium
Main Author: Rojas Chávez, Celia (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press 2021
In: Concilium
Year: 2021, Issue: 2, Pages: 15-24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Catholic church, Diözese San Cristóbal de las Casas / Diocesan synod / Contextual theology / Inculturation / History 1994-1996
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBR Latin America
KCC Councils
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Kingdom of God
B San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico)
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Summary:Twenty-five years from the calling and twenty-one years from the conclusion of the Third Diocesan Synod of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, the article presents some features of the Church experience of synodality in a native Church in a Mayan context that made the option for the poor and for the native peoples of Chiapas its banner in the midst of an armed conflict with the aim of pastoral discernment in order to build justice and peace as signs of the Kingdom of God.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium