Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 81 No. 4, 2011.
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Culture and Virtue of Subsidiarity Into Raising of a Christian Identity in Croatian Society
Nikola Vukoja
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The author of this article investigates the meaning of the principle of subsidiarity as a constituent of religiousness and Christian identity but also as a form of true coexistence between people. Inspiration and motivation for this line of thinking and investigation the author finds in the results of survey, conducted in 2009, as a part of the project »Subsidiarity in Croatian Society«. Approach in this article is practice oriented. It can be useful for all who wish to disclose their Christian identity and delve deeper into knowing and developing it through all its dimensions. This article considers subsidiarity as an important Christian virtue. The author first notes some observations and comments relating to the results of the mentioned project on subsidiarity in Croatian society where the principle of subsidiarity is generally lacking. The author then touches on the current environment in our society which challenges and calls on Christians to be not ashamed of values and life-style revealed in the Gospel in an effort to help their contemporaries to find again themselves and to realise what their human identity truly is. This true human identity, according to Gospel's witness, cannot ever be achieved entirely without Jesus Christ - the perfect man. The author notes some important Biblical and theological highlights about the principle of subsidiarity which today, perhaps, are not stressed sufficiently. The author shows that the principle of subsidiarity is one of the important aspects of religiousness and true Christian identity today.
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11.1.2012.
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