Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2023.1.5
P. Morée
The Liturgist, Teacher of Theology and Pastor David Holeton influenced the liturgical life of the Anglican Church of Canada, the research on liturgy and the research on the Bohemian Reformation, which caught his attention because of its practice of communion for infants.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2023.1.1
Peter Morée
Vorschläge um die Name des Gustav-Adolf-Werk zu ändern, weil der schwedische König als Kriegsverbrecher gekennzeichnet werden soll, sollen mit Zurückhaltung betrachtet werden.
建议更改古斯塔夫·阿道夫作品的名称，将这位瑞典国王标记为战犯，应该谨慎考虑。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2023.1.4
Jiří Bochez
The article deals with our understanding of ongoing reform processes taking place in the German and Czech churches, specifically the protestant ones. Are we ready to overcome the stress connected with too much uncertainty? Congregations, like human beings, live between the polarities of order and freedom. The tension between these two polarities gives birth to a renewal. Thinking systematically means seeing the multiplicity of factors and search for causation in a given environment. Acting systematically means seeing opportunities, creating mental models and influencing the environment. There may be historic tensions and group‘s dynamics leading to a permanent conflict. There may be too much liberalism leading to the vague picture of one‘s identity. There may be too much responsibility carried by a few people working voluntarily. There may be too much orthodoxy closing itself in the system of “eternal truths.” We introduce a Systems Theory of Church that takes into account a struggle between the use of traditional instruments used to describe self-reference of the church (ecclesiology) and the use of management tools in the church in recent years, and combine this with the Luhmann‘ s Theory of Social Systems. We propose in the text a theory that takes seriously a language of one of the leading social theories, adapt it to the theological context in order to apply it to a new communication strategy. The language we use is not innocent; it creates its own reality. We cannot grow against the trend. But doing things right as well as doing right things – it is all about “planting, growing and taking care” with patience. A hermeneutic circle, a semantic triangle and a communication model embody a “creation view” can helps us to see the whole picture again.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2023.1.3
Scott Hamilton Andrews
Transhumanism is not limited to a unified or monolithic program; however, within the dynamics of a personal and dialogic relationship between the transhumanist and the Christian theologian or ethicist, a sense of commonality can be established, enabling the latter to care for the former in a manner similar to that described by Henri Nouwen in his classic book The Wounded Healer. Specifically, the Christian theologian or ethicist bears a wound of corruptibility, as the historical record amply demonstrates that even the high ideals of Jesus may become dogmatized to a toxic degree. The transhumanist program has not had sufficient time or power to establish a significant historical record of its own in this regard; but by analyzing the importance of myth and fides qua creditor in transhumanism and its attendant ideologies, the paper argues that even transhumanism may not be impervious to potential wounds of corruptibility, and suggests that this point of commonality between the Christian theologian or ethicist and their transhumanist neighbor presents an opportunity for the Christian to meaningfully serve the transhumanist by providing “preventive care.”
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2023.1.2
M. Dion
The Presence of the Infinite in human existence may be considered as mystery. If so, then believers endorse three a priori. Firstly, human person, as finite, has the intuition of the Infinite that opens the way to an existential positioning in front of the Infinite. Secondly, the intuition of the Infinite gives birth to an idea of the Infinite, and eventually to the desire of the Infinite (the desire to be United with such Infinite). Thirdly, the idea of the Infinite allows believers to develop a fragmentary understanding of the ultimate ground for being and existence. The Infinite is thus unknowable by human (finite) beings. Being in the Presence of the Infinite then becomes a paradox that requires detachment. Being detached is being absolutely centered on God rather than any other existential concern. It requires two basic modes of detachment : the detachment from language and conceptual knowledge, on one hand, and the detachment of the self in relation with the Infinite, on the other hand. Being attached is considering God as a being who is alongside innumerable beings. Detachment rather allows believers to avoid the interpretative trap of the objectification of God.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2022.3.5
Petro Husak
In this text, the author addresses the question of the extent to which aesthetic values, specifically the idea of the beautiful, can influence or motivate the decision-making process and specific actions of people involved in agriculture.In this context, the issue of identity and the importance of imagination inreal life are also addressed. In doing so, the article draws on some of the methodological insights gained through earlier research on priestly identities.The author attempts to concretize his reflections through a theoretical analysis of his own experience of the interconnection between the university vocation and the vocation of the vineyard worker, which he contextualizes with someinsights gained from the community of farmers who use draft horses in their work. Last but not least, the author suggests some changes in the aesthetic perception of the landscape among small farmers. The author presents the text as aninvitation for discussion, inspiration and further interdisciplinary research at the intersection of history, sociology, aesthetics and environmental studies.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2022.3.4
Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
The article elaborates on the notion of beauty in the Russian Orthodox context of sophiology as one of the theological streams of the modern period. It explores a sophiological understanding of beauty in the work of two significant Russian Orthodox priests and close friends, Sergei Bulgakov and Pavel Florensky. It also brings into the discussion the unconventional voice of Bulgakov’s spiritual daughter, the Orthodox nun Mother Maria Skobtsova. It shows their understanding of the beauty that is manifested in creation, in people, and in human creativity and love. It also answers the question of what kind of beauty saves the world and how we distinguish beauty from ugliness and mere aestheticism.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2022.3.3
Gesa Theissen
Based on a paper given at a conference, this article seeks to go beyond a mere recounting of leading theologians’ writings on beauty and aesthetics. Rather it focuses onan exploration of where most people concrete instances of beauty in our world that may remind them/us of both the lost paradise and of the kingdom of God. The paper asks whether beauty reminds us of a lost paradise, a beauty to which we desire to return, or of the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of justice, peace and goodness, to which we are inexorably drawn. It suggests that beauty pertains to both paradise and the kingdom of God, not least as they are not entirely separate entities but are linked with one another.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2022.3.1
T. Noble
Editorial
社论
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Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.14712/00103713.2022.3.6
A. Papathanasiou
This article has a twofold aim. It offers a study of precolonial African politicalsystems, and especially those which are often referred to as “traditional African anarchism.” These, despite their influence on many independence movements and political theories and practices in contemporary Africa are mostly ignored in theology, certainly outside of Africa. But the article seeks to engage with them and to study their correspondence to certain strains of Orthodox theology, which question the entrenched hierarchism within the Church. The approach of the article is not simply to excavate historically interesting material, but to seek to demonstrate how traditional thought can inspire political and theological discussions today, both within the context of the Orthodox Church and more broadly among Christians.
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