Neema

Neema ni jambo lolote jema ambalo binadamu anapata katika maisha yake.

Neno hilo kwa Kiswahili ni pana, lenye maana mbalimbali, kama vile mema ya kiroho na ya kiuchumi, lakini zote zinaelekeza kumfikiria Mwenyezi Mungu kama asili yake kuu. Ni huruma ya Mungu kwa wanadamu inayoambatana na baraka.

Teolojia katika dini mbalimbali inatumia neno hili kadiri ya imani yake maalumu.

Kwa namna ya pekee neno linatiwa mkazo katika Ukristo unaosisitiza kwamba mambo yote ni neema (kwa Kigiriki: χάρις, kharis; kwa Kilatini: gratia, yaani deso, kitu cha bure).

Hata hivyo madhehebu yake yanatofautiana sana katika kutafsiri tamko hilo.

Katika Kanisa Katoliki

Neema ni msaada wowote tunaopewa bure na Mungu ili tupate kufika mbinguni. (Lk 1:30; Rum 5:2,20; Fil 2:13)

Kanisa Katoliki linasadiki kwamba Mungu anawapa watu wote neema za kutosha ili wapate kuokoka (Mdo 10:34-35; 1Pet 4:10-11) na kwamba Yesu Kristo ndiye aliyetustahilia neema zote kwa njia ya mateso, kifo na ufufuko wake. (Mdo 15:11)

Vilevile linasadiki kwamba Roho Mtakatifu ndiye anayetugawia neema hizo kwa ajili ya Kanisa. (Yoh 1:16; 3:3-8) na kwamba mtu anaweza kujipatia neema kwa njia ya sakramenti, sala na matendo mema. (Yak 5:16-20)

Neema ni za aina mbalimbali:

• neema za sakramenti
• neema za pekee kama vile karama na zile zinazotusaidia kutimiza majukumu yetu maalumu
• neema za msaada
• neema ya utakaso, ndiyo muhimu zaidi.

Neema za msaada ni fadhili mbalimbali ambazo Roho Mtakatifu anasaidia akili na utashi wa mtu kuanza, kuendeleza na kutimiza kazi ya wokovu wake kwa kutenda mema na kuepuka mabaya. (Yoh 15:5; Fil 2:13; 1Tim 2:4)

Neema ya utakaso ndiyo muhimu zaidi kwa sababu ni uzima wa Mungu unaotiwa rohoni mwa mtu aweze kutenda kwa upendo wake na kujiandaa kuishi naye milele. (Yoh 1:16; 3:3-8; Ef 3:4-7; 2Pet 1:3-4)

Marejeo

Wakatoliki

• Deharbe, Joseph (1912). "Chap. I. Grace in General" . A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion. Ilitafsiriwa na Rev. John Fander. Schwartz, Kirwin & Fauss.
• Catholic Teaching on Sin & Grace (Center for Learning, 1997), ISBN 1-56077-521-1
• George Hayward Joyce, The Catholic Doctrine of Grace (Newman, 1950), Kigezo:ASIN
•  Pohle, Joseph (1909). "Grace". Catholic Encyclopedia. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• Stephen J. Duffy, The Graced Horizon: Nature and Grace in Modern Catholic Thought (HPAC, 1992), ISBN 0-8146-5705-2

Waorthodoksi

• Bishop Kallistos (Ware), The Inner Kingdom: The Collected Works (St. Vladimir's Seminary, 2000) ISBN 0-88141-209-0
• The Way of a Pilgrim and A Pilgrim Continues on His Way, Olga Savin, trans. (Shambhala, 2001) ISBN 1-57062-807-6

Waprotestanti

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, Fuller and Booth, trans. (Touchstone, 1995).
• John Calvin, "Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 Chapter 4" Archived 17 Mei 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grace". Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 309–310.
• Randy Maddox, Responsible Grace (Kingswood, 1994) ISBN 0-687-00334-2
• Alister McGrath, Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification (Cambridge, 1998) ISBN 0-521-62481-9
• Glen Pettigrove, "Forgiveness and Grace", in Forgiveness and Love (Oxford University Press, 2012) 124–150.
• R. C. Sproul, Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology (Baker Book House, 1999) ISBN 0-8010-1121-3
• Ulasien, Paul, The Power of a Grace Perspective Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (Infinity, 2011) ISBN 0-7414-6729-1, Kigezo:ASIN
• Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace? (Zondervan, 1997) ISBN 0-310-24565-6
• Paul F. M. Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life (Eerdmans, 2007) ISBN 978-0-8028-2897-2

Viungo vya nje

• Shelton, Brian (2015). "Prevenient Grace: Two Helpful Distinctions" (kwa Kiingereza). Seedbed. Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-05-01.
• UMC (2018). "The Wesleyan Means of Grace" (kwa Kiingereza). The United Methodist Church. Iliwekwa mnamo Februari 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
• Wiley, H. Orton (1940). Christian theology (3 volumes) (kwa Kiingereza). Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press.
• Neema

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