Del caos a la misión. Refundando la formación de la vida religiosa (Libro).
Autor: Arbuckle, Gerald A.
Editorial: Geoffrey Chapman. Wellintong House, 125 Strand, London. 1996. ISBN 0-225-66806-8.
211 páginas.
Breve descripción:
Con este libro cierro, por el momento, la lectura de este autor. El libro lo escribió después de Refundar la Iglesia. Sólo lo he encontrado en inglés (disponible en Amazon). Arbuckle aplica a la Vida Religiosa y sus procesos de formación todo su planteamiento de visión antropológica, cambio cultural y sus etapas, caos, inculturación, refundar… Creo que es esencial par comprender la crisis de la Vida Religiosa actual y esencial para descubrir pistas para un futuro -refundado- de la misma. La importancia que da a la espiritualidad para poder realizar este peregrinaje de lo antiguo a lo nuevo es clara. En los últimos capítulos habla de Comunidad Intencional, si bien en el libro Intentional Faith Communities in Catholic Education. Challenge and response, hablaba del rol de los directores y encargados de misión para con estas comunidades, en el presente libro lo explica y desarrolla para las comunidades de Vida Religiosa. Lástima que no se detenga a desarrollar el papel de los colaboradores y Asociados -desde la vocación seglar- para ese cambio, porque creo que la evolución de la Vida Religiosa necesita la presencia, la energía, la voz crítica, el contraste… de los seglares.
Brief description:
With this book I close, for the moment, the reading of this author. The book was written after the Refounding the Church. I have only found it in English (available on Amazon). Arbuckle applies to the Religious Life and its processes of formation all his approach of anthropological vision, cultural change and its stages, chaos, inculturation, refounding I believe that it is essential to understand the crisis of Religious Life today and essential to discover clues for a future – founded – of it. The importance you give to spirituality in order to make this pilgrimage from the old to the new is clear. In the last chapters he speaks of Intentional Community, although in the book Intentional Faith Communities in Catholic Education. Challenge and response, he spoke of the role of the principals and those in charge of mission for these communities, in the present book he explains and develops it for the communities of Religious Life. It is a pity that he does not stop to develop the role of collaborators and Associates – from the lay vocation – for that change, because I believe that the evolution of Religious Life needs the presence, the energy, the critical voice, the contrast of the lay people.
Book’s contents:
– Chapter 1: Mission, ministry and formation: a historical sketch
Monasticism: some reflections on formation
Friars: emphasis on ministry and appropriate formation
Apostolic congregations and formation
Domesticating apostolic congregations:
nineteenth-twentieth centuries
Vatican II: the challenge to refound formation
Practical reflections for formators
Summary
– Chapter 2:. The purpose of formation: to foster the art of inculturation.
Clarifying terms
Cultures: some insights
Model 1: Premodern culture
Model 2: Modern culture
Model 3: Postmodern culture
Model 4: Paramodern culture
Practical reflections for formators.
Summary
– Chapter 3: . In the service of the Church: some formation implications
Restorationism and tensions in the Church
Group styles/structures in the Church today
Post-Vatican II turmoil: implications for religious congregations
New religious movements and religious life formation
Summary
– Chapter 4: . The refounding of religious life formation.
Refounding
Refounding formation: processes and assumptions
Defining formation
Assessing culture models of formation
Summary
– Chapter 5: Novitiate as a pilgrimage/rite of passage
Processual rituals: three stages
Initiation rituals: Turner’s insights
Rituals of initiation: biblical insights
Refounding the novitiate process as an initiation ritual
Summary .
– Chapter 6: Refounding communities for postnovitiate formation
Receiving communities: statement of problem
Religious community life: qualities needed
Refounding through intentional postnovitiate communities
Evaluating personal growth
Summary
– Chapter 7: Forming for multicultural/international religious communities
Defining terms: multiculturalism/internationality
Case studies: intercultural communication
Merging formation programmes: practical hints
Summary
– Chapter 8: Formators: ritual elders of a rite of passage
Cultures, rituals and ritual specialists
Rites of passage in a pilgrimage culture: functions of ritual specialists
Formators as ritual leaders: lessons from scripture
Authority position persons: role in formation
Summary
Index
