The article examines the topic of "conversion" from an anthropological perspective within a specific context: that of indigenous Mexico, where some members of the Catholic clergy adhering to the theological-pastoral current of the so-called Indian Theology declare that they have been to some extent "converted" by the own indigenous parishioners. In other words - in the light of the new perspective of the “inculturation” of the Gospel that emerged from the Second Vatican Council - the fact that they intimately shared the native forms of traditional religiosity, still strongly linked to the pre-colonial heritage, led them to radically rethink their identity as priests and evangelizers, recognizing in the religious forms practiced by native communities the presence of truths of faith, values and models of conduct that are decidedly preferable to the exogenous ones that the clergy had tried to impose up to a few years ago.
L’articolo esamina in prospettiva antropologica il tema della “conversione” entro un contesto particolare: quello del Messico indigeno, ove alcuni membri del clero cattolico aderenti alla corrente teologico-pastorale della cosiddetta Teologia India dichiarano di aver subito una sorta di conversione ad opera dei propri fedeli indigeni. Nel senso che - alla luce della nuova prospettiva dell’inculturazione del Vangelo emersa dal Concilio Vaticano II - l’intima condivisione con costoro delle forme di religiosità tradizionale, ancora fortemente legata al retaggio precoloniale, li ha indotti a ripensare radicalmente la propria identità di sacerdoti ed evangelizzatori, riconoscendo nelle forme religiose praticate dalle comunità native la presenza di verità di fede, valori e modelli di condotta decisamente preferibili a quelli esogeni che il clero fino a pochi anni or sono ha cercato di imporre.
Conversión, libertad e indianidad: descubriendo verdades y valores en la actividad pastoral de los teólogos indios en México / Lupo, Alessandro. - (2021), pp. 167-193.
Conversión, libertad e indianidad: descubriendo verdades y valores en la actividad pastoral de los teólogos indios en México
Alessandro Lupo
2021
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The article examines the topic of "conversion" from an anthropological perspective within a specific context: that of indigenous Mexico, where some members of the Catholic clergy adhering to the theological-pastoral current of the so-called Indian Theology declare that they have been to some extent "converted" by the own indigenous parishioners. In other words - in the light of the new perspective of the “inculturation” of the Gospel that emerged from the Second Vatican Council - the fact that they intimately shared the native forms of traditional religiosity, still strongly linked to the pre-colonial heritage, led them to radically rethink their identity as priests and evangelizers, recognizing in the religious forms practiced by native communities the presence of truths of faith, values and models of conduct that are decidedly preferable to the exogenous ones that the clergy had tried to impose up to a few years ago.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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