Public dialogue between Church and Others through a communicative mode of madanggŭk : A practical theological perspective
The privatized and ghettoized church behind the wall is confronted by a dual crisis - an internal crisis of identity and an external crisis of relevance. Therefore, to shape a dialogic relationship through public dialogue is an essential task of the public church, the so-called "go-to-all" church.
To execute "public dialogue" as the commission to the 'go-to-all" three actions are necessary: (1) going outside the wall of the church, (2) entering into dialogue with the "all," and (3) making disciples, baptizing, and teaching the all. How will the church dialogue with the other? In view of these three actions, this article researches three main elements of public dialogue - (1) a place / field for public dialogue, (2) a new communicative pattern for public dialogue, and (3) a medium for public dialogue.
This article concerns an art-cultural pattern of public dialogue, particularly madanggk. Mandanggk is a compound noun: madang (open place) + k (theatre). Mandanggk contains the three elements for public dialogue - (1) place, (2) a medium, and (3) communicative principles for public dialogue.
The Essence of Theatre
What is theatre? How does theatre connect the past to the present to the future? What are its essential characteristics? Barba answers these questions in terms of his own life's journey and his nearly 40 years of work with Odin Teatret, a group of theatrical Bedouins always on the move literally and conceptually.
Analysis: The Agenda 2007 Proposals: Evolution or Revolution?
On 10 February 2004 the Commission published its proposal for the financial perspective 2007-2013. A week later it adopted the third report on economic and social cohesion. These two documents form the basis of the so-called ‘Agenda 2007 reforms’. They will be the greatest challenge for the enlarged EU after the intergovernmental conference, since they will determine the financial basis for EU policy-making until the middle of the next decade. The Agenda 2007 proposals certainly hint at courageous reforms, because they place a previously unheard-of emphasis on performance and quality. Under the proposals, structural operations should generate value for money, and the funds should focus on projects which generate added value at a European level. Overall the Commission’s proposals point in the right direction, because they balance, on the one hand, solidarity for the new Member States and weak regions in the old Member States with, on the other hand, investments in future tasks. Moreover, they constitute a paradigm shift. For the first time, the Common Agricultural Policy will not be the dominant expenditure category. Now it is up to the Member States to examine the proposals politically and find a compromise between sometimes very divergent interests. It is to be hoped that, during the debate over expenditure limits and division of funds, national interests do not outweigh European interests.