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Teología, Economía Y Política Costa Rica, Como a Través De Una Red De Instituciones Educativas En Diversos Países De América Latina Y El Caribe Vida y Pensamiento es una revista semestral de la Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana que presenta aportes en las áreas de la in- Vida y vestigación bíblica, teológica, pastoral y disciplinas afines, en diálogo con la realidad contemporánea de América Latina. Cada número enfoca un tema central desde las diversas disciplinas y contextos del quehacer institucional. Abril 2015 Pensamiento Revista Teológica de la Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana La Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana es una institución educativa ecuménica que desarrolla su labor en las áreas de la reflexión e investigación bíblico teológica, tanto en su sede central en San José, Teología, Economía y Política Costa Rica, como a través de una red de instituciones educativas en diversos países de América Latina y el Caribe. La UBL ofrece los siguientes programas universitarios: Bachillerato, Licenciatura y Maestría en Ciencias Bíblicas 5 MIREYA BALTODANO ARRÓLIGA: Presentación Bachillerato, Licenciatura y Maestría en Ciencias Teológicas 9 WIM DIERCKXSENS: El futuro de la humanidad ante la situación geopolítica actual 41 DIEGO A. SOTO MORERA: Dejar hacer, hacer hablar: Seguridad Nacional y biopoder en José Comblin 79 JONATHAN PIMENTEL CHACÓN: La mano de Dios, la voz del General: introducción a la lectura de la economía política de la carne de Efraín Ríos Montt 35,1 113 MANUELA CEBALLOS: Economías de la convivencia: musulmanes, Apdo 901-1000 San José, Costa Rica cristianos, judíos y el fantasma de la España medieval Tel.: (+506) /2283-8848/2283-4498 Fax.: (+506) 2283-6826 PENSAMIENTO 143 ANÍBAL CAÑAVERAL OROZCO: ¿Cuál justicia de Dios? Justicia en entredicho E-mail: [email protected] Y Facebook: UBL.SanJose.CostaRica Estudio bíblico de Mt 19, 30-20, 16 www.ubila.net IDA V 173 Nueva identidad visual de la UBL Volumen 35 Número 1 Primer Semestre 2015 San José, Costa Rica Vida y Pensamiento es una revista semestral de la Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana que presenta aportes en las áreas de la in- Vida y vestigación bíblica, teológica, pastoral y disciplinas afines, en diálogo con la realidad contemporánea de América Latina. Cada número enfoca un tema central desde las diversas disciplinas y contextos del quehacer institucional. Abril 2015 Pensamiento Revista Teológica de la Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana La Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana es una institución educativa ecuménica que desarrolla su labor en las áreas de la reflexión e investigación bíblico teológica, tanto en su sede central en San José, Teología, Economía y Política Costa Rica, como a través de una red de instituciones educativas en diversos países de América Latina y el Caribe. La UBL ofrece los siguientes programas universitarios: Bachillerato, Licenciatura y Maestría en Ciencias Bíblicas 5 MIREYA BALTODANO ARRÓLIGA: Presentación Bachillerato, Licenciatura y Maestría en Ciencias Teológicas 9 WIM DIERCKXSENS: El futuro de la humanidad ante la situación geopolítica actual 41 DIEGO A. SOTO MORERA: Dejar hacer, hacer hablar: Seguridad Nacional y biopoder en José Comblin 79 JONATHAN PIMENTEL CHACÓN: La mano de Dios, la voz del General: introducción a la lectura de la economía política de la carne de Efraín Ríos Montt 35,1 113 MANUELA CEBALLOS: Economías de la convivencia: musulmanes, Apdo 901-1000 San José, Costa Rica cristianos, judíos y el fantasma de la España medieval Tel.: (+506) /2283-8848/2283-4498 Fax.: (+506) 2283-6826 PENSAMIENTO 143 ANÍBAL CAÑAVERAL OROZCO: ¿Cuál justicia de Dios? Justicia en entredicho E-mail: [email protected] Y Facebook: UBL.SanJose.CostaRica Estudio bíblico de Mt 19, 30-20, 16 www.ubila.net IDA V 173 Nueva identidad visual de la UBL Volumen 35 Número 1 Primer Semestre 2015 San José, Costa Rica M. BALTODANO: PRESENTACIÓN / 1 Vida y Pensamiento es propiedad de la Universidad Bíblica Lati- noamericana y se publica semestralmente. Cada número es temáti- co y sus artículos se presentan como un aporte a la reflexión bíbli- ca y teológica desde la realidad latinoamericana y son producto de las investigaciones de docentes de la UBL e instituciones afines. Todas las contribuciones deben ser trabajos inéditos y enviados según las “Instrucciones para autores/autoras” que se detallan al final de la revista. El Comité Editorial y los árbitros que designe decidirán sobre la publicación de los trabajos presentados. Para información sobre la temática de los siguientes números y fechas de entrega, puede comunicarse con: Ruth Mooney ([email protected]) o José Enrique Ramírez ([email protected]) 2 / VIDA Y PENSAMIENTO 35,1 (2015) M. BALTODANO: PRESENTACIÓN / 3 Teología, Economía y Política Vida y Pensamiento Primer Semestre Vol. 35, No. 1 4 / VIDA Y PENSAMIENTO 35,1 (2015) Comité Editorial: Dr. José Enrique Ramírez M.Sc. Ruth Mooney M.Sc. Mireya Baltodano Dr. Jonathan Pimentel Comité Editorial Internacional DRa. OfELIa Ortega Seminario Teológico de Matanzas, Cuba DR. Plutarco BONILLa Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas, Costa Rica DR. JUaN JOSé TaMaYO Universidad Carlos III, España Edición MIREYa BaLTODaNO aRRÓLIga Diagramación DaMaRIS AlvaREz SIézaR Copyright © 2015 Editorial SEBILa Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana, UBL apdo 901-1000, San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) /2283-8848/2283-4498 fax.: (+506) 2283-6826 E-mail: [email protected] www.ubila.net Institución que da continuidad ISSN 1019-6366 a las labores educativas iniciadas por el Seminario Bíblico Latinoamericano desde 1923. M. BALTODANO: PRESENTACIÓN / 5 VIDA PENSAMIENTO VOL 35, NO. 1 (2015) 5-8 Presentación a relación entre la economía y la teología ha sido uno de los nudos metodológicos de la teología latinoamericana, Ltanto para fundamentar y anunciar un Evangelio arraigado y respondiendo a las necesidades fundamentales de las personas, como para desentrañar las teologías que se ocultan en la economía de mercado y en los programas políticos opresivos que trazan línea para la cotidianidad, las subjetividades, el relacionamiento humano, las prácticas religiosas, y todo aquello que involucra la vida misma. La vigencia del vínculo teología-economía emerge con fuerza ante la compleja situación política, económica y religiosa a nivel mundial, y por la proliferación de doctrinas fundamentalistas que se diseminan por la región latinoamericana, con enfoques alienantes y cargados de violencia. Por tal razón, en este número de Vida y Pensamiento nuevamente colocamos el tema en la mesa de debate, 6 / VIDA Y PENSAMIENTO 35,1 (2015) iniciando con un análisis de la coyuntura mundial que realiza Wim Dierckxens, desde una perspectiva económica y política. En su artículo El futuro de la humanidad ante la situación geopolítica actual sitúa las grandes fuerzas en pugna por el control hegemónico a nivel planetario y las graves consecuencias que podrían acarrear a la población. Seguidamente se presentan distintos abordajes metodológicos para analizar tres contextos socio-históricos en los cuales los proyectos políticos y económicos han sido sustentados con elaboraciones teológicas. Diego a. Soto, en su artículo Dejar hacer, hacer hablar analiza la Doctrina de Seguridad Nacional, a partir de la crítica biopolítica que el teólogo José Comblin hizo de ese período en américa Latina, marco que utiliza el autor para posteriormente señalar las raíces teológicas que sostienen las políticas económicas en América Latina. M. BALTODANO: PRESENTACIÓN / 7 Jonathan Pimentel, en La mano de Dios, la voz del General, hace una lectura de la economía política de la carne de Efraín Ríos Montt, el general evangélico que gobernó guatemala durante la década de los 80 con consecuencias nefastas. argumenta el autor que aquella política fue una forma sistemática de pensar y administrar la vida, sustentada en conceptos y valores teológicos. Manuela Ceballos, en su artículo Economías de la convivencia: musulmanes, cristianos, judíos y el fantasma de la España medieval, analiza el al-Ándalus, que ha sido utilizado como modelo de coexistencia inter-religiosa, para argumentar que la economía moral y política del concepto historiográfico de convivencia, bajo sus premisas liberales, permite y legitima la violencia en su entendimiento de la tolerancia religiosa, sacrificando modos de ser para producir otros. 8 / VIDA Y PENSAMIENTO 35,1 (2015) finalmente, aníbal Cañaveral, hace una lectura alternativa del texto bíblico en Mt 19, 30-20, 16, en su artículo ¿Cuál justicia de Dios? Justicia en Entredicho, analizando el texto desde el derecho al trabajo y a la justicia social en un contexto de desigualdad socio- económica y de desempleo. Ofrecemos estas perspectivas de análisis para el enriquecimiento de nuevas reflexiones socio-teológicas que nos permitan acercarnos asertivamente a los grandes desafíos políticos y económicos de nuestro tiempo. Mireya Baltodano Arróliga Coordinadora Interina W. DIERCKXSENS: EL FUTURO DE LA HUMANIDAD ANTE LA SITUACIÓN ... / 9 VIDA PENSAMIENTO VOL 35, NO. 1 (2015) 9-40 El futuro de la humanidad ante la situación geopolítica actual WIM DIERCKXSENS Resumen: Entrando al año 2015 se está produciendo la mayor batalla geopolítica imperialista de los últimos tiempos, en una feroz pugna geoestratégica por el nuevo sistema monetario internacional. Se acentúan las confrontaciones económicas, a nivel político ya vivimos otra guerra fría y amenaza una escalada militar que contempla hasta un ataque nuclear. Ante semejante grave situación geopolítica está en juego el futuro de la humanidad y con toda razón nos podemos preguntar cómo se verá el mundo mañana. Abstract: Entering into the year 2015, the greatest imperialist geopolitical battle of recent times
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