For my practical theology course on “Evangelization: Faith and Culture” this fall, we are coordinating the course with Pope Francis’ visit, taking it as the occasion to look at the pathways of the evangelization discourse in Catholicism and compare it to Protestant discourses on evangelism and evangelization, and to look at what evangelization promotes and what it avoids, and why. We were helped in this theological task recently by reading Leonardo Boff’s _Francis of Rome, Francis of Assisi: A New Springtime for the Church_ (Orbis, 2014), translated by Dinah Livingstone, in which Boff argues that Pope Francis is well comprehended by comparing his understanding and practice of evangelization to that of Francis of Assisi.
Now here comes Francis to the USA today, and we will see in the media reports a lot more for critical and appreciative practical theological reflection.
Other reflections on all these things from APT members and friends here are welcome!!
–Tom Beaudoin, Fordham University
Associate Professor of Homiletics – Boston University School of Theology
September 19, 2024
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