By Santosh Digal
Manila: Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, will host the first conference of Concilium, a worldwide journal of Catholic theology, in Asia.
“Asian Christianities: (Post) Colonial Encounters,” is the theme of the June 29-July 1 Concilium 2017 to be held at Vincentian-managed St. Vincent School of Theology in Manila.
Father Felix Wilfred of India, president of the Concilium, will give the keynote address at the conference that will be inaugurated by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila.
In the plenary and concurrent sessions, theologians from Africa, Europe, North America and South America will engage Asian theologians will study the experience of encountering the Asian face of Christianity.
The conference, held in partnership with St. Vincent School of Theology, is open to the interested public, especially those engaged in doing theology in different contexts (academic institutions, religious congregations, parishes).
Concilium was founded in 1965 and it is published five times a year. Its editors and essayists encompass a veritable ‘who’s who’ of theological scholars.
Not only the greatest names in Catholic theology, but also exciting new voices from every part of the world, have written for this unique journal. Concilium exists to promote theological discussion in the spirit of Vatican II, out of which it was born.
It is a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted firmly in the Catholic heritage, open to other Christian traditions and the world’s faiths. Each issue focuses on a theme of crucial importance and the widest possible concern for our time.
With contributions from Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe, Concilium tries to reflect the multiple facets of the world church. It is published in 6 languages English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Croatian.