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Many Christians with social concern seem to agree on the need for such a radical social change, but we do not know at the present conjuncture how and where to begin. The following reflection does not pretend to answer this question; it is rather a theological reflection, which suggests some questions to help us initiate a discussion in our faith communities on our social reality in light of our Christian faith. .
Like personal conversion, social conversion, I believe, has its source in God's committed love to all creation. It is also rooted in our faith in the Spirit of life at work in history. I see social conversion as the result of the interaction between divine grace and human history through our faith; it is a concrete acceptance of God's gift of life and love, and a denouncement of any action, structure or process, which degrade life and the dignity of creation. .
I propose the following questions to initiate a theological reflection on social conversion: .
(1) How do we talk about God's presence in our society, and about God's gratuitous love to all peoples and creation at the present global conjuncture? .
(2) How do we talk about Jesus' project of the Reign of God, of love, justice, and peace for us individually, for our community and for our world today? Where do we find witness in our society to the Reign of God? How do we name these witnesses? What does their witness have to say to us about our way of life? .
(3) If continuing the project of Jesus to proclaim and build the Reign of God is the core message and mission of the believing community, how do we talk about this project today? How do we name this project in political, economic, cultural and ecological terms? How do we talk about Jesus' way of life, options, teaching, works, death and resurrection in relevant political, economic, cultural and ecological terms which make sense to us and to our society today? .
(4) How do we name the work of the Spirit in our midst "locally and globally "at this moment in our history? .