Author: Marcel Dumais

Publisher: Gregorian Biblical BookShop

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9788876525780

The present volume is made up of three papers which were discussed at the Jerusalem seminar of the F.I.U.C. in 1985. The paper of Prof. Marcel Dumais intends to define the relationship between faith and culture according to the Acts of the Apostles. The article by Prof. Rosemary Goldie deals with the hitherto almost unexplored role of women in the inculturation of Christianity. The paper illustrates the irreversible trend towards greater self-awareness among women, even in the most traditional societies, and the relevance of this trend for inculturation. The paper of Prof. Andrzej Swiecicki situates the process of cultural change in the field of tension between the divine, ultimate perfection and the process of human history. Marcel Dumais, o.m.i., born in Drummondville, Canada, in 1936, did his ecclesiastical studies in Rome (L. Ph.; L.S.S.) and Paris (D. Th.). Since 1968 he has been teaching holy Scripture (New Testament) at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. He was academic Vice-Rector of this University from 1974 till 1980. Since 1982, he is the Director of the Mission Studies Institute of Saint Paul University. In 1984 he was appointed by the Pope member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. He published a few books and many articles in French on New Testament topics, particularly on Evangelization in the Acts of the Apostles. Rosemary Goldie was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1916. She studied at Sydney University and the Sorbonne (Paris). Since 1946 she has been involved in international work: in the Catholic student movement, in the organisation of the World Congresses for the Lay Apostolate, and as Associate Secretary of the Consilium de Laicis of the Holy See. Since 1977 she ahs been lecturing at the Pontifical Lateran University on topics related to the laity in the mission of the Church.