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Abstract/Sommario: The Author studies a flashpoint in the intersection of Gospel and society: the Catholic critics of the Yasukuni shrine postwar Japan, noting a gap between the attitudes of the Bishops and those of some influential Catholic intellectuals. In November 1945, General McArthur asked two Catholic priests their opinion on the proposal to raze the Tokyo shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead: the Yasukuni Shrine. F. Bruno Bitter, SJ, and Patrick Byrne, Maryknoll, declared their opposition o ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: The Author sees the dialogue as proceeding from commitment to one's faith but as expecting to find that faith change as it encounters the wisdom of others. To counter growing conservatism, nationalism, fundamentalism, and xenophobia, she urges all religions to examine whether their teachings are appropriate for the 21tst century and the demands of peace. Christian missionaries are now expected to relate not only diplomatically, bur creatively to people of other faiths, reversing the p ...; [Leggi tutto...]