After the renewal experienced in the synod, James shows us in this new talk, a horizon and a path to follow to open new church spaces, spaces of Catholicity, that from the most etymological sense of the word, are understood as universal and therefore, necessarily diverse. The speaker’s approach does not so much propose the renewal of existing spaces as the creation of new spaces that project us outwards. A novel ecclesial challenge that goes beyond the proliferation of small groups of diversity around some large cities. An evangelical space, an outgoing church, with a multiplying effect: a new and true space of Catholicity.
James Alison, Born in 1959, he is a Catholic theologian, priest and writer. He has studied, lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Spain, the United States, as well as in his native England. James received his doctorate in theology from the Faculty of the Society of Jesus in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) in 1994 and he is a systematic theologian by training. He is one of the theologians who has contributed most to making known the work of the great French thinker René Girard. Furthermore, he is known for his firm but patient insistence on truthfulness in homosexual matters as an ordinary part of basic Christianity, and for his pastoral work in the same area. James works as an itinerant preacher, lecturer and retreat facilitator., including withdrawals ecumenical for people gays and lesbians as well as for gay priests. Between their numerous books, published in seven languages, it is worth highlighting Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay and his latest book, You can if you want to: Navigating Christian Faith, Conscience and Matters LGTBQ+.