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Salmanticensis — 2025-05-28

Theology of creation

Emilio José Justo Domínguez — 2025-05-28

A key to the theology of creation from the ‘somatology’ of the Song of Songs

Carlos Granados — 2025-05-28

This article attempts to overcome the dualism between “creation” and “salvation” on the basis of the anthropology of the Song of Songs. It proposes to seek in the “somatology” of this book an answer to the problem posed by von Rad. The article takes as its starting point three human experiences, very present in the Song, deeply rooted in the body, with which the meaning of the creative gesture unfolds: “awakening”, “dwelling” and “begetting”.

Creation as symbolic Mediation in the God-Man relationship

Ramón Obdulio Lara — 2025-05-28

In the God-man relationship in the present eon, the “sacramental principle” is required, that is, the economy of revelation and salvation designed by God to establish a salutary communication between the Creator and the creature, using the resources that are accessible to the creature. Following the intuitions of Cardinal J.H. Newman, it is possible to speak of a sacramentality of history. With the proposals of Ch. Theobald and L.-M. Chauvet, we can talk about a sacramentality of life or a sacramental reexamining of Christian existence. Can we, perhaps, talk of the “sacramentality of the world”? This is the
problem that will be the subject of this essay. Appealing to the understanding of a “diffuse sacramentality”, that is, to apply the notion of the sacramental to realities beyond the septenary ritual, we can propose that the world-cosmos is in truth a symbolic mediation that makes the communication-communion of Man-creatures with the God-creator possible.

The Mystery of Creation and the Sacramental Logic of Salvation as Vicarious Representation in the Thought of Karl Heinz Menke

Raúl Orozco Ruano — 2025-05-28

Creation and salvation constitute two moments of a single salvific design of God for human being. How to think about their relationship? The German theologian K. -H. Menke offers us from his theological paradigm a way of understanding the relationship between the two moments in the economy of the mystery of salvation from the categories of vicarious representation and sacramentality.

Divine Sophia

Carolina Blázquez Casado — 2025-05-28

Divine Wisdom is presented by Sergius Boulgakov, an Orthodox theologian of the
first half of the 20th century, as a fundamental category of Christian creation theology. Starting from biblical references and after a solid philosophical-theological development, in Wisdom we find the balance between some aspects of the worldview that are paradoxical and therefore in tension and always open to the deepening that discerns the Mystery of God's plan. We refer to the divine creative activity and the personal Trinitarian perspective of the Creator, the differentiated but not incommunicable reality between Creator and creature, the presence and intervention of God in the world without altering the ontology of the created order and its historical freedom, the hope and realisation of the ultimate destiny of the world in God without this entailing the annihilation or end of created reality. These are complex questions to which sophiology responds with a serious and interesting discourse, which leads to a critical position that opens up, in turn, perspectives for research

La acción de Dios en el mundo

Tomczyk Pawel — 2025-05-28

Desde el principio, la obra creadora de Dios implicó la acción humana. Al seguir la voz de la conciencia, los seres humanos han sido invitados a una íntima colaboración con el Creador. Sin embargo, cuando se habla de la actividad de Dios en el mundo, a menudo se descuida el papel de la conciencia. Se presta mucha atención a las dimensiones racional y espiritual de la conciencia, pero no se hace suficiente hincapié en su carácter relacional, lo que genera dificultades a la hora de intentar explicar la naturaleza precisa de la colaboración entre Dios y los seres humanos. Así pues, se propondrá un nuevo enfoque, según el cual la conciencia se considera ante todo como un acto de amistad. Se argumentará que sólo en el contexto de una relación personal entre amigos la conciencia recibe su pleno significado y puede expresar adecuadamente la participación activa del hombre en el despliegue del acto creador de Dios.

Earth Stewardship

Luca Valera — 2025-05-28

The starting point of this paper is the ecological crisis. Faced with this crisis, human beings have come up with different solutions, which imply a rethinking of the role of technology in our relationship with the environment. Among them, in this paper, three
main solutions are highlighted: the techno-fix, the critique of technocracy (and the return to a pre-technological era), and Earth Stewardship. This latter is, in my opinion, the approach that is most in line with the doctrine of the Catholic Church in recent years and simultaneously implies the love for the “common home” (oikophilia) and the other human
beings (philanthropy). These two aspects are the ontological framework of Earth Stewardship. This approach implies, from an ethical standpoint, the development of a sense of responsibility towards both the other living beings and the human beings
themselves (i.e., human ecology). In this sense, I argue that the focal point of this approach
is the human being and not the environment: our focus must be our dwelling on Earth,
which recalls fruitful relationships with the environment –i.e., the possibility of flourishing
for both the human being and the other living beings

Orthodox Ecotheology and Liturgical Anthropocentrism

Cristian Borgoño — 2025-05-28

The article provides a panoramic and concise overview of Orthodox ecotheology, drawing primarily from its development in English language texts. This approach takes advantage of the fact that the main authors, despite having different native languages, write in english. In addition to presenting the most prominent and distinctive elements of the Orthodox tradition in relation to Western Christianity—particularly Catholicism—the text also seeks to establish connections between both traditions, highlighting points of convergence and friction. Among the key distinctive characteristics that structure Orthodox
ecotheology—such as the leadership of the hierarchy, the vision of Creation, the role of the human being, sacramentality and the centrality of liturgy, and an emphasis on asceticism and the formation of an ethos—the originality of “liturgical anthropocentrism” stands out as a crucial aspect. Indeed, while acknowledging the significance of the human being among creatures, the Orthodox tradition subordinates this importance to humanity’s relationship with God, and, through Him, with the rest of creation. The article concludes by identifying the main strengths of Orthodox ecotheology that could serve mutual enrichment between both traditions. It also explores what Catholic ecotheology, in its current state, could contribute to Orthodox ecotheology.

Harry Y. Gamble. Libros y lectores en la Iglesia antigua

Carmen Yebra Rovira — 2025-05-28

Harry Y. Gamble. Libros y lectores en la Iglesia antigua. Salamanca: Sígueme, 2024. 366 pp. ISBN: 978-84-302-2216-5.

Candida Moss. God’s Ghostwriters. Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

Santiago Guijarro Oporto — 2025-05-28

Candida Moss. God’s Ghostwriters. Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible. London: William Collins, 2024, 317 pp. ISBN: 978-0-00-861218-4.

Carmen Yebra Robira y Estela Aldave Medrano, eds. Biblia y ecología. Nuevas lecturas en un mundo herido

Roman Ángel Pardo Manrique — 2025-05-28

Carmen Yebra Robira y Estela Aldave Medrano, eds. Biblia y ecología. Nuevas lecturas en un mundo herido. Monografías Bíblicas 84. Asociación Bíblica Española-Editorial Verbo Divino, 2024, 486 pp. ISBN: 978-84-1063-035-2.

David Bentley Hart. You are Gods. On Nature and Supernature

Juan Manuel Cabiedas Tejero — 2025-05-28

David Bentley Hart. You are Gods. On Nature and Supernature. Notre Dame IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022, 139 pp. ISBN: 978-0-268-
20194-4.

Jorge Martín Montoya Camacho y José Manuel Giménez Amaya. Corporalidad, tecnología y deseo de salvación. Apuntes para una antropología de la vulnerabilidad

Jorge — 2025-05-28

Jorge Martín Montoya Camacho y José Manuel Giménez Amaya. Corporalidad, tecnología y deseo de salvación. Apuntes para una antropología
de la vulnerabilidad. Madrid: Dykinson, 2024, 158 pp. ISBN: 978-84-1070-076-5.

Eloy Bueno de la Fuente y Fernando Susaeta Montoya, coords. Jesús. El Hijo eterno de Dios. Concilio de Nicea (325). Hecho histórico y relevancia actual

Roman Ángel Pardo Manrique — 2025-05-28

Eloy Bueno de la Fuente y Fernando Susaeta Montoya, coords. Jesús. El Hijo eterno de Dios. Concilio de Nicea (325). Hecho histórico y relevancia
actual. Grupo Editorial Fonte. Facultad de Teología del Norte de EspañaBurgos, 2025, 390 pp. ISBN: 978-84-10023-74-1.

Carlos María Galli. El Espíritu Santo y nosotros

Eloy Bueno de la Fuente — 2025-05-28

Carlos María Galli. El Espíritu Santo y nosotros. Maliaño (Cantabria): Sal Terrae, 2024, 556 pp. ISBN: 978-84-293-3231-5.

Gaspar Hernández Peludo. La existencia del presbítero. Paradoja y misterio

Jaume Fontbona i Missé — 2025-05-28

Gaspar Hernández Peludo. La existencia del presbítero. Paradoja y misterio. Nueva Alianza 261. Salamanca: Sígueme 2024, 237 pp. ISBN: 978-84-301-2226-4.

Antonio Navarro Carmona. Introducción al islam. Una perspectiva cristiana

Fernando Susaeta Montoya — 2025-05-28

Antonio Navarro Carmona. Introducción al islam. Una perspectiva cristiana. Madrid: BAC, 2024, 322 pp. ISBN: 978-84-220-2367-8.

Emilio J. Justo. Espiritualidad y política. Aproximaciones desde la pneumatología

Miguel Anxo Pena González — 2025-05-28

Emilio J. Justo. Espiritualidad y política. Aproximaciones desde la pneumatología. Santader: Sal Terrae, 2024, 200 pp. ISBN: 978-84-293-3227-8.

Carlos Galli, Juan G. Durán, Luis Oscar Liberti y Federico Tavelli, eds. La verdad los hará libres, t. 3. Interpretaciones sobre la Iglesia en la Argentina. 1966-1983

Miguel Anxo Pena González — 2025-05-28

Carlos Galli, Juan G. Durán, Luis Oscar Liberti y Federico Tavelli, eds. La verdad los hará libres, t. 3. Interpretaciones sobre la Iglesia en la Argentina. 1966-1983. Buenos Aires: Planeta, 2023, 557 pp. ISBN 978-950-49-7994-4.