James Samuel Logan yayi jawabi a taron shugaban kasa na 2015 a Bethany Seminary
Daruruwan masu magana sun yi jawabi da yawa a tsaka-tsaki na Aminci kawai a Taron Shugaban Kasa na 2015 a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., a ranar Oktoba 29-31. Tare da mayar da hankali kan "Kin Mummuna, Ƙirƙirar Al'umma, Sake Gano Allahntaka" taron ya ƙaddamar da hanyoyi daban-daban don magancewa da fahimtar manufar Just Peace. Shi ne taron shugaban kasa karo na bakwai da makarantar hauza ta gudanar kuma na farko da shugaban Bethany Jeff Carter ya shirya.
"Na yi mafarkin wannan taro tun lokacin da aka kira ni in zama shugaban makarantar hauza," in ji Carter yayin da yake maraba da taron jama'ar wajen bude taron ibada na babban taron. Bethany Seminary ba wai kawai sadaukar da kai ga Aminci kawai ba ne, yana aiki da Aminci kawai, Carter ya ce, "a matsayin tattaunawa mai gudana na bangaskiya da aminci."
A cikin tsawon kwanaki biyu na dandalin tattaunawa da dandalin tattaunawa, an gabatar da tarihin Just Peace tare da nazarin tauhidi game da ra'ayi da abin da ake nufi ga majami'u, tafsirin Littafi Mai-Tsarki ya yi magana game da Joshua - rubutun da aka yi la'akari da shi mafi wuya ga majami'u na zaman lafiya, da kuma ƙarin shigarwar sun fito ne daga gabatarwa game da batutuwan "zafi" na yanzu ciki har da rikicin 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya, ɗaurin kurkuku da yawa wanda ke kaiwa Baƙar fata a Amurka, wariyar launin fata da #BlackLivesMatter, yawon shakatawa na dabi'a, da sauran kalubale ga masu zaman lafiya na Kirista.
Sauran membobin Ikklisiya na zaman lafiya sun gabatar da zaman "fitowa" kan tambayoyin da suka shafi. Hakazalika tare da taron, Bethany kuma ya gudanar da "Ranar Ziyarar Hannu" don ɗalibai masu zuwa.
Ibada ta taimaka wajen tsara taron
"Salama ba abu mai sauƙi ba ne, ko shahararru, ko ma mai yiwuwa," in ji Fasto Richmond Matt McKimmy a cikin budaddiyar hidimar ibada ta dandalin tattaunawa. "Amma ba za mu iya yin watsi da abin da Yesu ya ce game da zaman lafiya ba." McKimmy yana ɗaya daga cikin masu magana da yawa a farkon ayyukan ibada guda huɗu waɗanda aka haɗa tare da gabatarwar masu magana.
Wa'azi don bude ibada na dandalin shine Sharon E. Watkins, babban minista kuma shugaban Cocin Kirista (Almajiran Kristi). Ta kira taron-kuma, a fakaice majami'u na zaman lafiya-su rayu “kamar” Mulkin Allah na adalci da zaman lafiya da aka yi shelar a Ishaya 61 da Yesu ya sake shelanta a cikin Luka 4 gaskiya ne a yau, cikin wannan duniyar.
Fernando Enns (a hagu), masanin tauhidin Mennonite na Jamus kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu magana a dandalin Shugabancin Seminary na Bethany, yana sauraron mai gabatarwa da kyau. A dama shine shugaban Seminary na Bethany Jeff Carter.
“Yesu ya kira mu mu yi rayuwa ‘kamar’… kamar dai sarautar Allah tana nan, kamar dai adalci da salama sun riga sun sumbace,” in ji ta. “Rayuwa 'kamar' yana nufin barin gata, sakin ta'aziyya…. Za mu iya shiga wannan aikin hajji? A nan ne Yesu ya kira mu mu kasance.”
A cikin tambaya da lokacin amsa bayan hidimar-damar da aka bayar bayan kowane babban gabatarwa-Watkins ya ba da tambayoyi game da haɗawa da waɗanda ke kan iyaka da kuma mai da hankali kan wariyar launin fata, tare da lura da "yanayin rashin adalci da ke cikin al'ummarmu… saboda wariyar launin fata. …. Wannan wariyar launin fata, wannan ba za a kore shi gaba daya ba." Da aka tambaye ta yadda take jagorantar cocin ta wajen magance irin wannan rashin adalci, ta kira Kiristoci da su kasance masu tuntuɓar wuraren da aka lalace, kuma su “haske tafiya” ta hanyar barin ƙananan damuwar da ta bayyana a matsayin nauyin coci-coci a wannan ƙarni na 21st.
Watkins ya ba da labari game da yadda Almajirai suka yi ƙoƙari su riƙe “dutsen taɓawa” domin su “nemo hanyarmu ta dawowa lokacin da muka fara ɓacewa daga juna,” suna ba da rahoton cewa dutsen taɓawa na ɗarikar ta shine aikin bangaskiyarsu ga Yesu Kristi. Hakan ya taimaka musu su kasance da haɗin kai a teburin Kristi duk da bambance-bambance. “Kun zo kan tebur da bambance-bambancenku… kuna ganin teburin Kristi ne. Ba mu gayyata ba kuma ba za mu iya ware ba. Teburin Kristi ne.”
Abin da Just Peace yake nufi ga Kiristoci da majami'u
Sharon Watkins, tana wa'azi a makarantar hauza ta Bethany don buɗe hidimar ibada na dandalin.
Fernando Enns ya maimaita kira ga Kiristoci su kasance a wuraren da ba su da ƙarfi a cikin adireshinsa da safe. Enns masanin tauhidin Mennonite ne na Jamus kuma memba na Majalisar Koli ta Duniya (WCC). Ya kasance jagora a cikin Shekaru Goma don shawo kan Tashe-tashen hankula, kuma shine jagoran masu goyon bayan Just Peace a cikin da'ira.
Ya gabatar da tarihin Just Peace da kuma tsarin da ya kawo shi ga la'akari da WCC, wanda ya karbi babban takarda akan Just Peace. "Aminci kawai yana kunshe ne a matsayin sabon samfurin yin tiyoloji da aikin [aiki]," in ji shi.
A taƙaice, Just Peace “tsarin rayuwa ne da ke nuna sa hannun ’yan Adam cikin ƙaunar Allah ga duniya,” in ji Enns, yana ɗauko daga wata takarda ta WCC.
Ya gabatar da tsarin tauhidi don fahimtar Just Peace a matsayin tsarin uku-uku, bisa aikin masanin tauhidin Lutheran Bajamushe Dorothee Sölle, wanda ya ce yana da tasiri a cikin da'irar ecumenical a cikin 'yan shekarun nan.
Ayyukan Sölle da ra'ayoyin tauhidi suna taimakawa wajen sanya Aminci kawai a cikin yanayin ruhaniya, ba kawai dabarun samar da zaman lafiya ba, in ji Enns. “Don zama wakilai na salamar Allah yana bukatar a sanya hankali cikin Kristi Yesu,” in ji Filibiyawa 2:5. Wannan shi ne abin da ya wajaba don kiyaye bege da rai, ga Kiristoci masu kula da adalci da zaman lafiya, da kuma abin da ya wajaba ga waɗanda ke da hannu cikin Aminci kawai su kasance cikin haɗin kai na yau da kullun tare da Allah, in ji shi.
Enns ya gabatar da dabarar Trinitarian Sölle a matsayin tsari mai matakai uku don rayuwa cikin Aminci kawai:
- Na farko, don ɗaukar "via positiva" ko hanyar albarka, bikin albarka da ba da rai na Allah da Halitta;
- Na biyu, don ɗaukar "ta hanyar negativa" ko aikin hajji na almajiranci ga Yesu Kiristi wanda ke kaiwa ga gicciye babu makawa, kuma yana jagorantar Kiristoci su yi shaida ga bisharar Almasihu a tsakiyar ɓarna - wanda Enns ya siffanta da neman wuraren da za a iya amfani da su. giciyen yana faruwa a yau; kuma
— Na uku, mu ɗauki “via transformativa” na zama ɗaya tare da Kristi ta wurin Ruhu Mai Tsarki, mu sami ceto da kuma warkar da kanmu, kuma a cikin haka muna samun ƙarfin fuskantar da warkar da tashin hankali a duniya.
Masu magana suna magana akan batutuwa masu zafi dangane da Just Peace
Farfesa Bethany Seminary Scott Holland na ɗaya daga cikin gungun abokan aikin ecumenical waɗanda suka rubuta babban takarda ta Just Peace ga Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya.
Yawancin masu magana sun yi magana game da wasu "masu zafi" na yanzu don majami'un zaman lafiya. Wani daga cikin mawallafa na WCC's Just Peace daftarin, Scott Holland, aka tambaye shi ko addini yana da rawar takawa wajen zaman lafiya kuma, ganin yadda ake yawan tambayar addini a duniya. Holland shi ne Bethany's Slabaugh Farfesa na Tiyoloji da Al'adu kuma darektan Nazarin Zaman Lafiya. Da yake ba da labari game da ganawar da ya yi da matasa a Indonesiya, ya nuna cewa “siyasa mai tsattsauran ra’ayi da kuma addinai masu tsattsauran ra’ayi ba sa kawo salama a cikin jama’a.” Ya jaddada kyakkyawar dabi'ar Zaman Lafiya, sabanin munanan hanyoyin da addini - Kiristanci da Musulunci da sauransu - suka yi tasiri a duniya a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, wadanda ta'addanci da kungiyoyin addini masu ra'ayin mazan jiya suka nuna. Aminci kawai zaman lafiya ne mai kyau, in ji shi, kuma yana nufin a tsakanin sauran abubuwa kokarin tabbatar da adalci ko zaman lafiya da duniya, da adalcin tattalin arziki ko zaman lafiya a kasuwa, zaman lafiya tsakanin al'ummomi, da aikin dan sanda kawai maimakon amfani da karfin soja.
An gabatar da bitar rikicin 'yan gudun hijira a duniya Elizabeth Ferris, wata babbar jami'a a Cibiyar Brookings da ke Washington, DC Ta yi nazari kan yawan 'yan gudun hijira da mutanen da suka rasa muhallansu a duniya da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba, da kuma wuraren da jama'a ke taruwa. Wannan rikicin na mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu wata alama ce da ke nuna cewa tsarinmu na duniya yana wargajewa, in ji ta. Dalilan sun hada da rashin hadin kai tsakanin kasashen duniya wajen kula da ‘yan gudun hijira, musamman ‘yan gudun hijirar Syria da ke shiga Turai da dubban mutane a kowace rana. Wata alamar tabarbarewar duniya ita ce rashin isassun isassun ma'aikatan jin kai da za su yi hidima a wurare da dama da ke fuskantar canjin al'umma a lokaci guda. Rikicin na Siriya ya zama wani batu mai nuni da irin zurfin damuwa da rashin jin dadin 'yan gudun hijira, in ji ta a dandalin tattaunawar. Sai dai kuma a gabacin rikicin na Siriya, akwai al'ummomin da aka yi wa kawanya a cikin kasar ta Siriya, inda babu fatan samun sauki daga waje. Wadannan al'ummomin da aka yi wa kawanya sakamakon harin bam da gwamnati ta kai, inda "mutane suka mutu da yunwa," in ji ta. A cikin shekaru 10, ta yi gargadin, za mu waiwaya baya cikin kunya game da rikicin Syria, domin kasashen duniya ba su dauki mataki ba. Ta yi kira ga Amurkawa da su yi aiki ba tare da gushewa ba wajen shawo kan gwamnatinsu don aiwatar da matakan da aka tabbatar na taimakawa 'yan gudun hijirar, kamar ba da agajin jin kai mai inganci ga kasashen da ke kewaye da Syria, da sassautawa da takaita aikace-aikacen 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya. zo Amurka.
Christina Bucher ta jagoranci wani motsa jiki na nazarin Joshua, littafi na Littafi Mai-Tsarki wanda majami'un zaman lafiya suka yi watsi da shi sau da yawa.
Christina Bucher, Carl W. Zeigler Farfesa Religion a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), ya ɗauki tambayar “Tunanin Joshua a Neman Zaman Lafiya.” Littafin Tsohon Alkawari na Joshua tare da umarninsa na kashe abokan gaba na Isra'ila ta dā, wanda aka kwatanta a cikin rubutun a matsayin umarni na Allah, da kisan gillar mutanen Kan'ana wanda ya haifar, ya kasance rubutu mai wuya ga majami'u na zaman lafiya. Bucher ya yarda cewa sau da yawa Kiristoci masu zaman lafiya suna watsi da Joshua kawai, kuma suna ba da hanyoyi guda biyar masu yiwuwa na karantawa da fassara shi. A ƙarshe, ta ba da shawarar “hanyar amsawa mai karatu” da ke ɗaukar labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da muhimmanci, duk da haka ta ɗauke shi a matsayin “abokiyar tattaunawa” kuma tana ba da damar tattaunawa tsakanin rubutu da mai karatu. Wannan hanya tana ƙarfafa hankali ga cikakkun bayanai da "karya" a cikin labarin Joshua wanda zai iya haifar da sababbin fahimta, in ji ta. “Yesu ba ya ɗaukar nassosinsa a matsayin abubuwa,” in ji ta. "Yana aiki da Attaura da annabawa kuma mu yi aiki da nassi kamar haka."
Tambayar yawon shakatawa na da'a, yadda ake tafiya cikin adalci da kwanciyar hankali, an magance ta Ben Brazil na Makarantar Earlham School of Religion. Tsohon dan jarida kuma marubucin tafiye-tafiye mai zaman kansa, ya gabatar da hanyoyi iri-iri da kungiyoyin da abin ya shafa ke inganta yawon shakatawa da yawon shakatawa na da'a, ya yi nazari da su, ya kuma ba da suka ga kowannensu. Babu wanda ya ba da amsa da ya yi magana game da duk ƙalubalen, waɗanda suka haɗa da sawun carbon na tafiye-tafiyen jirgin sama, yawancin tambayoyin ɗabi'a da jiragen ruwa da ke zubar da shara a teku tare da biyan kuɗi kaɗan ga ma'aikatansu, gata da farar fata na Arewacin Amirka ke da shi a yawancin ƙasashe. wuraren yawon bude ido a yankin kudancin kasar, da sauransu.
Kalubalen zalunci da yawa na duniya, da yadda za a warware su a cikin rayuwarmu da cikin majami'u, sun gabatar da su Carol Rose. Tsohuwar darakta ce ta Kungiyoyin Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya ta Kirista wanda yanzu ke aiki a matsayin fasto na Shalom Mennonite Fellowship a Tucson, Ariz. Rose ta mai da hankali kan wariyar launin fata a matsayin babban zalunci da ake fuskanta a Amurka. Daga cikin tambayoyin da ta yi a lokacin gabatar da ita, ta yi magana kan yadda wariyar launin fata ta ci gaba da shafar majami'un zaman lafiya ta hanyoyi da dama.
Hakanan mayar da hankali kan wariyar launin fata ya kasance James Samuel Logan, Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru a Kwalejin Earlham, da kuma Ministan Mennonite. A cikin jawabin da ya yi na gaskiya kuma mai ban tsoro, ya karanta wani asusun sirri na wani matashi Bakar fata game da cin zarafi da azabtarwa da aka yi a lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci. Sannan ya bayyana dalilan da suka sa Black Lives Matter ke da matukar muhimmanci ga Amurka a yau. Logan ya bayyana zaman daurin da aka yi wa Baƙar fata ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a matsayin mabuɗin fahimtar dangantakar launin fata. Koyaya, mabuɗin majami'u na zaman lafiya shine yin alaƙa tare da matasa masu fafutuka waɗanda ke jagorantar abin da ya kira motsin "Ko'ina Ferguson", da kuma tsararrun "hip hop". Ya bayyana karara cewa aikin kawar da wariyar launin fata da hada kai da matasa masu fafutuka na Bakar fata shine kalubalen ko-in-kula ga majami'un zaman lafiya a yau - kalubalen da ke da matukar muhimmanci ga Kiristanci na Amurka baki daya.
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