Defense Date

3-12-2024

Graduation Date

Spring 5-10-2024

Availability

One-year Embargo

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Theology

School

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Committee Chair

Radu Bordeianu

Committee Member

James P. Bailey

Committee Member

Anna Scheid

Committee Member

James H. Kroeger

Keywords

ecclesiology, Vatican II, FABC, Asia, inculturation, Roman College

Abstract

Catalino G. Arévalo, S.J., was an eminent Filipino ecclesiologist of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through his work for the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences in particular, he played a significant role in the reception of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) in Asia and in the development of inculturation as a theological norm. Yet, Arévalo offered no systematic articulation of his theology of the church. By examining his work spanning seven decades, this dissertation traces the development of Arévalo’s ecclesiology and offers five foundational principles necessary for gaining a systematic understanding of his thought: (1) ecclesiology must be situated within a broader eschatological vision of history; (2) the church’s missiological character calls it toward inculturation; (3) non-exclusive priority should be given to the local church; (4) tension is natural for ecclesial life and necessary for ecclesial renewal; and, (5) authority and power should be exercised collegially as service and witness in the church and in the community.

Language

English

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