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Barcelona, 30 june-1 july.- One hundred people participated in the II Workshop on Thinking Faith and Justice, organized by the Cristianisme i Justicia Jesuit study center in Barcelona. 

The meeting is called to update the classic concept of justice, incorporating ecological challenges, the gender perspective or the recognition of cultural minorities.

The guest speaker was Jorge Riechmann, mathematician, poet, ecologist, philosopher and one of the most recognized voices of a new non-anthropocentric thought. Riechmann talked about the almost apocalyptic perspective of being immersed in the century of the "great test", in which the future of humanity and the planet will be resolved, with the symptoms of exhaustion that we see at all levels. His proposal places the human person not above and outside nature, but within and in clear symbiosis with it. His approach, despite being from an unbelieving perspective, clearly links with spirituality and with human acceptance of its finitude.

During the conference, there were four workshops about:

  • the growth of inequalities and new authoritarian populisms
  • feminism and care in social and theological thinking
  • the re-reading of Human Rights
  • the challenge of Christian singularity and spiritualities without Jesus.

One of the novelties was a space for testimonies and a moment for art, specifically for the theater at the service of reflection on justice.

The meeting was the closure of a very special course of celebrating 35 years of Cristianisme I Justicia and more than 200 booklets published. The meeting is "full stop to find new ways to dialogue with those who look for references to transform the world, in and out the Church."

The meeting was followed very actively on Twitter in #JornadaFJ where you can find some of the impressions of the participants.

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