Contents

Our understanding of harmony through reconciliation--Harmony through reconciliation in the Old and New Testaments--Harmony and reconciliation and social doctrines of the Church--Harmony through reconciliation: reflecting on the word of God--Overview of sub-themes on harmony through reconciliation based on the social doctrine of the Church--Our vision of cosmic harmony--The holistic and integral vision of life--The struggle against sin-the path of compassion and justice--The reconciliation of God with the human person and the whole of creation through an integral spirituality--The re-discovery of the Asian faces of Jesus in humility, simplicity and generosity--The call for Christian unity in and through the beatitudes--Announcing the Good news denouncing the bad news and renouncing the ways of the "World" for reign of God by being witness to love--The scriptures of world religions and traditions for harmony of humanity with creation the spirituality of communion as conversion to being a servant church--Our solidarity with the whole human family through a transformative universal ethos--The culture of life amidst dehumanising poverty and death-Dealing violence--From being a people of God to becoming God's people for a new International moral order--The restoration of the family for a new humanity--The family--Economic life--The political community--The International community--The promotion of peace--The social doctrine and Ecclesial action--Appendices--Finals statement of the 8th plenary assembly of the FABC on the family--Charter of the right of the family--Question for personal reflection and group discussion and sharing