On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute, the Gaudium et Spes Chair, offers a three-part discussion on the present and future of theology: “Today and Tomorrow. Imagining Theology”. The task of “imagining” the knowledge of faith has been indicated on several occasions by the magisterium of Pope Francis.
The meeting, scheduled at the JP2 Institute on Wednesday, May 5 at 3:00 p.m. (CEST), will be broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook in Italian, English, and French.
In Veritatis Gaudium he recalled not only the original and indispensable missionary thrust of theology, but also highlighted characteristics that open horizons, times, ways, and places to honor, with creative fidelity, the duty to explain the reasons for the hope that quivers in the baptized. Theology, too, must contribute, in its own way, to the human fraternity of which Christianity is a sacrament. The discussion, moderated by Lucia Vantini, will be attended by three emblematic figures of contemporary theology: Christoph Theobald, Elmar Salmann, and Pierangelo Sequeri. The solidity, ecclesial and cultural sensitivity that distinguishes their work promises a space where one can read the present and imagine the theological future, despite everything, with the joy of the Gospel.
PROGRAM
- Welcome
- S.E. Mons. Vincenzo PAGLIA, Grand Chancellor
- Theology and the Magisterium from the Second Vatican Council to Today: Experiences of Reciprocity and Possibilities for the Future
- Prof. Christoph THEOBALD, Centre Sèvres, Paris
- Accompanying the metamorphoses of the religious imagination. The theological events in the past sixty years
- Prof. Elmar SALMANN, Pontificio Ateneo St. Anselmo, Rome
- The ecclesial and the public image of the knowledge of faith: bastions to be razed or bridges to be built?
- Prof. Pierangelo SEQUERI, Pontificio Istituto Teologico Giovanni Paolo II, Rome Moderator
- Prof. Lucia VANTINI, University of Verona
The Pontifical Theological Institute “John Paul II” for Marriage and the Family Sciences was founded by the Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio of Pope Francis Summa familiae cura of Sept. 8, 2017. This Institute succeeds and replaces the Pontifical Institute “John Paul II” for Studies on Marriage and Family, established by the Apostolic Constitution Magnum Matrimonii Sacramentum of 7 Oct. 1982.
