Cerkev, globalizacija in postmoderna

slovenian

2003

volume 63, issue 3

Church    society    solidarity 

Univerza v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The article tries to show some dilemmas of the modern world and the attempts of the so-called postmodern trends to overcome them. Since a key role in the modern developement is also played by christianity and Christian churches, the dilemmas of christianity and especially of the Catholic church in these processes are shown on the basis of ideological and social changes. Namely, on the one hand, the Church participated in the shaping of the processes of modernism, whereas, on the other hand, the Church as well as the society in the modern age are dependent on these processes. The Church used a defence attitude trying to adapt the modern trends in order to be able to compete with them. The postmodern thinkers emphasize the basic elements of the Gospel: the respect for the autonomy of man as a person, the subsidiarity of the society, the consideration of the transcendence of the person, the solidarity of persons and the dialogue. The latter is also a preferred attitude of the Church because in dialogue it changes its relation to the world and acts in accordance with the Gospel and the guidelines of the Second Vatican Council requiring the Church to permanently renew itself in dialogue.

19.05.2014