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1. Historical Context The theology of revolution has been a theme for discussion when there have been political and social conflicts, when there has been awareness of the conditioning social structures, and when the church and theology have taken these factors into account (Modern Church History 1.4.4; Modern Period; Peace; Pluralism; Righteousness, Justice; Secularization; Society; Third World; War). Facing global situations that, instead of overthrowing unfairness and ¶ injustice, did more to stabilize or even sharpen them, the churches from the mid-1960s were challenged by current events and their own self-understanding to ask what their contribution would be to the urgent social changes that were needed. The concept of a responsible society, which had been advocated by theology, and especially by social ethics, since the first two General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches, in Amsterdam in 1948 and Evanston in 1954, and which on the basis of Anglo-Saxon doctrines of natural law called for a fundamental democratization of society (with control of armed power, broad participation in the processes of decision, social equality,…

[English Version] Ohm, Thomas (18.10.1892 Westerholt, Westfalen – 25.9.1962 Süchteln, Niederrhein), OSB seit 1912, Missionswissenschaftler; Promotion 1924 in München, Habil. 1927 in Salzburg, 1932 a.o. Prof. für Missionswiss. in Würzburg; 1941 Vorlesungsverbot, 1946–1961 Prof. für Missionswiss. in Münster. O. war u.a. langjähriger Vorsitzender des Internationalen Instituts für Missionswissenschaftliche Forschungen (IIMF) und Hg. der Zeitschrift für Missionswiss. und Religionswiss. (ZMR). 1960 in die vorbereitende Konzilskommission für die Missionen berufen; stark an einer theol. Würdigung nichtch…

[English Version] Päpstliches Werk der Glaubensverbreitung, eine aus urspr. vier privaten kirchl. Vereinigungen hervorgegangene, 1922 bzw. 1956 zu offiziell päpstl. Werken erklärte Einrichtung zur Förderung der kath. Weltmission (Mission: II.,3.), deren Gestalt in den Statuten von 1980 festgehalten wird. Das 1822 von einer Laiengruppe um M.-P. Jaricot in Lyon gegründete Päpstl. Werk der Glaubensverbreitung (in Deutschland als Franziskus-Xaverius- bzw. Ludwig-Missionsverein eingeführt und im dt. Sp…

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[English Version] Torres Restrepo, Jorge Camilo (3.2.1929 Bogotá, Kolumbien – 15.2.1966 Provinz Santander), trat nach einem abgebrochenem Jurastudium ins Priesterseminar ein, 29.8.1954 Ordination. Es folgte das Studium der Soziologie und der …

[English Version] (Immensee). 1896 gründete der franz. Priester Pierre-Marie Barral (1…

[English Version] (1979). Austragungsort der 3. Generalversammlung des Lateinamerikanischen Bischofsrats (CELAM), die vom 28.1. – 13.2.1979 in Mexiko durchgeführt wurde und sich mit dem Thema »Die Evangelisierung in Gegenwart und Zukunft Lateinamerikas« beschäftigte. Urspr. sollte die Konferenz zehn Jahre nach Medelli´n (1968) stattfinden, jedoch wurde sie, bedingt durch den plötzlichen Tod von Papst Johannes Paul I., bereits ein Jahr später durchgeführt. Die aufgrund der vorangegangenen Konfe…

[English Version] Streit, Robert (27.10.1875 Fraustadt, Posen – 31.7.1930 Frankfurt/M.), OMI (1897; Oblaten: III.,1.), gehört mit J. Schmidlin zu den Pionieren kath. Missionswiss., insbes. der Missionsbibliogr. S. begann seine philos.-theol. Studien in Liège, zog aber bald nach Hünfeld, um beim neu eröffneten Scholastikat mitzuarbeiten. Nach der Ordination 1901 von 1902–1912 in der Redaktion der ordenseigenen Monatszeitschrift »Maria Immaculata« tätig. S. beklagte den Mangel a…

[German Version] The third general session of the Latin American Bishops’ Conference met at Puebla in Mexico from Jan 28 to Feb 13, 1979, with “Evangelization Today and Tomorrow in Latin America” as its theme. The conference was supposed to meet ten years after Medellín (1968), but the sudden death of Pope John Paul I forced it to meet a year later. The Medellín conference and the awakening it had brought to the church and to theology had encouraged high expectations, which were only partially ful…

[German Version] (DKMR; German Catholic Mission Council). The DKMR is the association of …

[German Version] (Dec 26, 15224, Kaufbeuren – Jun 26, 1569, Heidelberg). After studying in Freiburg im Breisgau, Leipzig, and Wittenberg (1542–1546, M.A. 1544), Strigel received a teaching appointment at the Gymnasium Academicum in Jena, where he lectured on classical literature, the Epistles of Paul, and the works of Melanchthon. Disputes with M. Flacius a…

[German Version] (Oct 18, 1892, Westerholt, Westphalia – Sep 25, 1962, Süchteln, Lower Rhine), OSB from 1912, missiologist. Ohm gained his doctorate in Munich in 1924, his Habilitation in Salzburg in 1927, and in 1932 became associate professor of missiology in Würzburg. In 1941 he was prohibited from lecturing; from 1946 to 1961 he was professor of missiology in Münster. For many years Ohm’s responsibilities included chairmanship of the International Institute for Mission Studies and editorship of the Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft. In 1960 he…

[German Version] (Oct 27, 1875, Fraustadt, Posen [now Wschowa, Poland] – Jul 31, 1930, Frankfurt am Main), OMI (1897; Oblates: III, 1). Streit and J. Schmidlin were pioneers of Catholic missiology, especially missionary bibliography. Streit began his philosophical and theological studies in Liège but soon moved to Hünfeld to assist in the order’s newly opened house of studies. Following ordination in 1901, from 1902 to 1912 he worked in the editorial office of the order’s monthly, …

[German Version] Internationales Institut für Missionswissenschaftliche Forschungen (IIMF), association of Catholic scholars and friends for the promotion of missiology and research on int…

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[German Version] (Jul 3, 1883, Brussels – Feb 11, 1954, Louvain) entered the Jesuit order on Sep 23, 1899, and was ordained on Aug 24, 1910; he was professor of dogmatic theology in Louvain and of missiology in Rome. After studying philosophy and theology within the order, he developed a particular interest in the…

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[German Version] (Mar 29, 1876, Klein-Landau, Elsaß (Alsace) – Jan 10, 1944, Schirmeck), pioneer of Catholic missiology. After his theological studies, he was ordained to the priesthood in Stra…

[German Version] (Feb 3, 1929, Bogotá, Colombia – Feb 15, 1966, Santander Province) broke off his study of law to enter the seminary and was ordained on Aug 29, 1954. He went on to study sociology and political science at Leuven in Belgium and then worked as a lecturer and student chaplain in Bogotá, where he devoted himself particularly to the analysis of social problems and supported community projects. From 1962 on he was active in the National Institute for Land Reform. On Jun 26, 1965, he was…

[German Version] I. Terminology The expression Third World…