Hope and Truth-telling: A Response to Aristotle Papanikolaou

Ryan, Gregory A.

Abstract

This article is a revised version of the paper given at the Anthropology of Hope conference in Prague, May 2023, in response to Professor Aristotle Papanikolaou’s presentation on ‘Hope and Truth-telling’. The first part responds briefly to the affective nature of truth-telling which was presented, and queries the use of martyrial language. The second part looks at three sites on hope and truth-telling in the contemporary Catholic Church: (i) responding to the abuse crisis; (ii) ecumenical relationships, through the lens of ‘Receptive Ecumenism’; and, (iii) communal discernment, taking note of the current movement of synodality. A proposal is made to consider structures of (or structural) virtue as well as structural (or structures of) sin.

Citation

Ryan, G. A. (2023). Hope and Truth-telling: A Response to Aristotle Papanikolaou. AUC Theologica, 13(2), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.14712/23363398.2023.23

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 6, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 23, 2024
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 22, 2024
• Journal: AUC Theologica
• Print ISSN: 1804-5588
• Electronic ISSN: 2336-3398
• Publisher: Univerzita Karlova
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 21-28
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363398.2023.23
• Keywords: Religious studies
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2387221