TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MISSION IN THE
BIBLE
The Good News of the Kingdom
God's reign as a saving act
The Sermon on the Mount
The Kingdom of God and the Church
The Kingdom is centred in Christ
Kingship of Christ
Christ, King and Witness
Jesus and the Gentiles
God's Reign and Christian Mission
Eschatology and Christian Mission
Conclusive reflections
1) Jesus with a unique mission
2) Jesus with unique authority
CHAPTER TWO: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN PATRISTIC
TRADITION
Introduction
The Kingdom of God and the Cosmic Christ in the Patristic Tradition
The Early Patristic
Creeds
St Irenaeus
Tertullian
Praxeam
The Kingdom of God and the Incarnate Logos: Justin the
Martyr
Hilary of Poitiers
Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Naziansus
Origen
CHAPTER THREE: THE DOCTRINE OF THE VATICAN II ON THE KINGDOM OF
GOD
Analysis of the Conciliar Documents: "Lumen
Gentium" and "Ad
Gentes"
The Kingdom is present in mystery
History of Salvation
CHAPTER FOUR: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE POST-CON-CILIAR DOCUMENTS
1) "Evangelii Nuntiandi" and the Kingdom of God
2) Instruction on Christian liberation and freedom
3) The Kingdom of God in "Redemptoris Missio"
4) The Kingdom of God in "Dialogue and
Proclamation"
5) The Kingdom of God in "Dives in Misericordia"
(1980)
6) The Holy Spirit and the Kingdom of God in
the"Dominum et vivificantem "
7) The Kingdom of God in John Paul II's Catechism (27-11-1991)
CHAPTER FIVE: A TRINITARIAN THEOLOGY OF GOD'S
KINGDOM
Footprints of the Trinity in Creation
The Trinity and Divinization through Divine Grace
The Mystery of Christ and the relationship to the Three Divine
Persons
The Trinity and other Religions after the Vatican II
The relationship between the Old and New Economy of
salvation
The presence of the Trinity in other Religions: an
Ecumenical perspective
CHAPTER SIX: CHRISTOCENTRISM OF GOD'S KINGDOM ACCORDING
TO THOMAS AQUINAS
The Incarnation
God's Presence in the Human Person
The Cosmic Dimension of the Incarnation
The Kingship of Christ
Christ, the Head of the Whole of Humanity
The Object of Faith
Christocentrism of Salvation History
Aquinas and Other Religions
The Universality of Divine Grace
The Structure of the Supernatural Faith
Unbelief in Aquinas
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE FABC DOCUMENTS
Part I: FABC Documents
1) The Mission of the Church in the Asian context
2) The proclamation of the Gospel
3) The Kingdom of God and the Church
4) The Church in Asia must become the Church of the poor
5) The Kingdom as the model of harmony
6) Characteristic forms of evangelization in Asia
7) Asian Christian Spirituality
Part II: The Kingdom of God in the Ecumenical
Association
of the Third World Theologians
1) Theology in Asia
2) Elements of an emerging methodology
3) Theology of Religions and cultures
4) The God of Life and the Kingdom
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND EVANGELIZATION IN
ASIA
1) A Joint Consultation on Interreligious Dialogue
2) The Urgency of Christian Mission
The All-Asian Conference on Evalgelization
3) Evangelization in Asia
FABC Theological Conclusions
4) Theses on Interreligious Dialogue
An Essay in Pastoral Theological Reflection
5) Theses on the Local Church
A Theological Reflection in the Asian Context
6) Asian Theological Perspectives on Church and Politics
CHAPTER NINE: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
1) Primal Religions and the Kingdom of God
2) Buddhist Dharma and the Kingdom of God
3) Hindu Dharma and the Kingdom of God
4) Islam and the Kingdom of God
5) Judaism and the Kingdom of God
CHAPTER TEN: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN WORLD SYNODS OF
BISHOPS AND IN THE TEACHING OF JOHN PAUL II
1) The Kingdom of God and Mission in Africa
2) The Kingdom of God and Mission in America
3) The Kingdom of God and Mission in Asia
4) The Kingdom of God in the Synod of Bishops for Europe
5) The Kingdom of God and the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Catholic
Ukranian Church
6) The Kingdom of God and the Third Christian Millennium .
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7) The Kingdom of God in John Paul II's Catechesis on the Creed
Conclusion
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