BETWEEN INCULTURATION AND LIBERATION annotations on an “indigenous missiology’s” developments and challenges

Abstract

This article aims to comprehend the elaboration of a Pastoral Theology from missionary activity among indigenous peoples, here named as Indigenous Missiology. After Inculturation and Liberation ideals, we walked through the process which reflects the inter-fabrics between theory and practice on Catholic Indigenous Pastoral Care, mainly from Paulo Suess’s Missiology. Towards achieving it, a Methodological path is traced, beginning with an Indigenous Pastoral Care history and developments presentation, furbished specially after CIMI (Portuguese acronym for Conselho Indigenista Missionário, here freely translated as Indigenous Missionary Council) practices, passing through the discussions involving faith inculturation’s ideal use as a pastoral care proposition relating this use with Latin America Theology’s Liberation ideals. The analysis culminates on a critical approach of limitations and developments that Indigenous Missiology can achieve when proposing itself to do a social-politic reading of indigenous peoples’ reality and Church activities with these Brazilian peoples.