2. Relational Theology: Foundation for an Intercultural Morality

If God’s being is a relational being, then it is not possible to speak of God without the concept of communion, a concept that challenges us to read reality in a Trinitarian key and understand that the world created according to the divine model is a web of relationships and that everything is connected—everything is related and communicated with everything. Consequently, the awareness of this interdependence obliges us to think of a single world, of a common project in which moral theology must also take charge of the conflicts that affect the whole world. This scenario and theological framework show us where, and give us the reasons why we should undertake this challenging task of building an intercultural moral theology, which, when based on a relational theology, underlines how important it is to become aware of our interdependence and that we are obliged to think of a single world and to build a common project, bearing in mind that it will ultimately be a matter of entering into a relationship of communion because we are all one. Communion can only be built in the difference and richness of diversity