Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church

This book examines how the Asian Catholic bishops have received and put into practice the reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council. With a good reason the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference can be described as Asia's continuing Vatican II.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jukka Helle, Ph.D (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2018), is a Lutheran pastor. He served 17 years as a missionary in Thailand where he has taught at many theological seminaries and colleges in Thailand. He has co-authored many books in English/Thai for the use of Thai churches, and also many articles on Asian contextual theology (mainly in Finnish). He is a member of International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS), International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM), and Asian Liturgy Forum. Currently he serves as Executive Secretary for Mission and International Work in the Diocese of Kuopio, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jukka Helle
• Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.04.2022
• EAN: 9789004509641
• ISBN: 978-90-04-50964-1
• Seiten: 348
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 472 g
• Serie: Theology and Mission in World
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum