Oasis 9

Thinking about tradition/2. How is it produced and with what authenticity, what form of authoritativeness does it use and what maturation of freedom does it make available? This is the fundamental question that is offered to a reason that has abandoned the stereotypes of the Enlightenment.

The curious image with which Shakespeare described the working of the spirit of the past in the present achieved affirmation in subsequent centuries with Hegel and Marx. But the great question remains: does contemporary man manage to truly value what he has received?

Conversation with Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio by Maria Laura Conte

The Islamic tradition /1. Mohammed meticulously applied the precepts of the Koran, at every moment and in every detail of his life, to such an extent that his words and actions are a practical comment on the Holy Book. In this way a pillar of Muslim faith was constructed.

The Christian tradition /2. The truth given by God shows that it is able to traverse time and space, always remaining contemporaneous with men of all ages, offering itself to their freedom through a precise historical modality that can be experienced.

2025 will mark the end of the first twenty-five years of the twenty-first century: a good moment to assess the state of the planet

H.E. Msgr. Joseph Powathil Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabarians

The Islamic tradition /2. Over the last thirty years the religious landscape has been profoundly shaken at the level of practices and customs, and even certain dogmatic beliefs. The practices of life in common are contested and accused of being a deformation of early orthodoxy.

The Christian tradition /1. The Christian tradition is the mystery of Jesus at work in time seen in its totality, and which operates in the various places of its expression: teaching, life, worship and evangelisation. All these spheres concern man in his historical evolution.

In the areas of bioethics, the family and the interpretation of Constitutions, the influence of acquired values on norms becomes tangible. Even though distortions, manipulations and attempts at elimination do not fail to be present.

The Christian tradition /3. Careful study of the Bible allows an in-depth examination of the correlation between the unique event of Revelation and the words that seek to express it. Scripture, in fact, is the principal normative reference point of the Church.