The diversity of disciplines and topics explored in this book, together with the range of authors from every corner of the globe, bear witness to and show the influence of the theological, academic, and ecclesiastical contributions of Professor Gilles Routhier, dean emeritus of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of Universite Laval, and Superior General of the Seminary of Quebec.
Gilles Routhier is among the contemporary proponents of a scholarly theology that seeks to reflect on a faith rooted in, and in dialogue with, the culture of its time, particularly intellectual culture. In this way, he unequivocally embodies the model of a scholar. His work, with its sensitivity to the universal character of the Church, and to the global dimension of intellectual and academic work, has been disseminated on every continent. The texts collected in this book cover all the major areas of Gilles Routhier's work, including the history, hermeneutics, and reactions to the Second Vatican Council, synodality, practical theology, missiology, and ecclesiology.
Par la diversite des disciplines explorees et des sujets abordes ainsi que par l'etendue geographique de la provenance de ses auteurs, ce livre temoigne et rend compte de l'influence de la contribution theologique, universitaire et ecclesiale du professeur Gilles Routhier, doyen emerite de la Faculte de theologie et de sciences religieuses de l'Universite Laval et superieur du Seminaire de Quebec.
Gilles Routhier est l'un des representants contemporains d'une theologie universitaire cherchant a reflechir a une foi enracinee et en dialogue avec la culture de son temps, tout particulierement la culture savante. En cela, il correspond indeniablement au modele authentique du scholar. Tres sensible au caractere universel de l'Eglise et a la dimension internationale du travail intellectuel et universitaire, il a vu ses travaux etre diffuses sur tous les continents. Les textes reunis dans ce livre couvrent globalement les grands sujets travailles par Gilles Routhier?: l'histoire du concile Vatican?II, son hermeneutique et sa reception, la synodalite, la theologie pratique, la mission et l'ecclesiologie.
