THE THEOLOGY OF PARTNERSHIP合伙的神学.pptVIP

THE THEOLOGY OF PARTNERSHIP Ecumenical World Development Consultation, March 2009 Max Warren “Partnership is an idea whose time has not yet fully come.” Max Warren, General Secretary of the Church Mission Society, 1942-1963 Jonathan Sacks Can we live together? Can we make space for one another? Can we find in the human ‘thou’ a fragment of the Divine ‘Thou’? Barack Obama A renewal of sturdy alliances and enduring convictions with the tempering qualities of humility and restraint. Concept of Partnership Acceptance of genuine involvement Acceptance of responsibility Acceptance of liability Paul Tillich -Listening In order to know what is just in a person-to-person encounter, love listens. It is its first task to listen. No human relation, especially no intimate one, is possible without mutual listening … All things and all men [sic], so to speak, call on us with small or loud voices. They want us to listen, they want us to understand their intrinsic claims, their justice of being. They want justice from us. But we can give it to them only through love which listens … Listening love is the first step to justice in person-to-person encounters . Ivan Illich Only the very brave… dare… to go back to the helpless silence of being learners and listeners – ‘the holding of hands of the lovers’ – from which deep communication may grow. Perhaps it is the one way of being together with others and with the Word in which we have no more foreign accent. Good listening requires humility, vulnerability, availability, receptivity and patience. The gift of sight is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Paul Tillich - Giving It belongs to the right of everyone whom we encounter to demand something from us. This is the essence of the ‘I-Thou’ relationship. Gift exchange in a way that both partners practise giving and receiving in a spirit of mutual respect can enrich the relationship.  Paul Tillich - Forgiving This means the acceptance of all the liabilities and limitation