摘要：Abstract: The key reference point for the new evangelization is the encyclical letter,
Redemptoris Missio of Pope John Paul II. In order to better understand this
document this paper argues that it needs to be discussed in the light of a historical
continuum starting with the documents of the Second Vatican Council and continuing
through postconcilar writings such as Pope Paul VI’s apostolic exhortation, Evangelii
Nuntiandi. The new evangelization is John Paul’s conception is a response to new
cultural realities. In this regard, it an example of the Catholic understanding of
tradition as both conserving the essentials of the past as well as responding to new
situations and challenges. In John Paul II thought the new evangelization expresses a
Pauline emphasis on inner conversion to Christ as a basis for outreach to others and to
the wider culture.
