- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human
condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a history and a religio -
cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing
globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.
But by the same token, the nationalization — and
globalization — of markets means that changes in economic
conditions nowadays affect all religious and
cultural groups simultaneously.