EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
Budyong is envisioned as a space in our Christian theological altar for varied reflections on what it means to encounter the Divine in our contemporary setting, taking into account the pulsating concerns and issues of the “here and now”. It aims to explore the creative and tensional paths of theologizing and doing theology grounded in, yet not of, our wounded world in order to partake in the transforming journey of the Spirit seen in the light of a “beyond” which, very often, can be awe-full and joy filled, yet at the same time, troubling and disquieting.
The articles in this issue allow not for a uniform and subsequently monotonous rendition. On the contrary, the various theological enactments, ranging from theological aesthetics to ethical morality, from urban study to missiology, and from cultural anthropology to narrative theology, are in fact variegated attempts to explore the Divine irruptions in our very midst. They hope to foment a creative newness, hopefully disturbing, in enunciating the very essence of responsible faith. It is faith “able to respond” to God’s entry into the world of men and women and children; it is a faith whose integrity lies in its authenticity to hear its very own summon –to faithfully allow God to interrupt and transfigure the lives of the community as a sign of faithful openness to the stirrings of the Divine Spirit.
Fr. Victorino Cueto, CSsR, PhD
- How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place! – Jerome Abila, CSsR
- Dumiwata: Starting Point for Inculturated Christianity among the Subanen – Elton Viagedor, OFM
- Hierophany in the Lo Ching Cha – Allan Edward Pandaan, CSsR
- Urban Faith Transits: Tactical Spaces in the Everyday Ordinary – Neil John Capido
- Missions, the New Evangelization, and the Jubilee 2021 – Fr. Antonio Rosales, OFM
- The Priest as Moral Educator and Pastoral Moral Guide – Fr. Carlos Ronquillo, CSsR
- Word and Response: A Metaphor of Redemption – Fr. Gerard Louis, CSsR
- An Interreligious Dialogue in Mindanao Today – Hermes Sabud, SM
- The Tea Ritual in Vietnam: A Challenge for Inculturation – Christopher Sta. Ana, CSsR