Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 88 No. 4, 2018.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Solidarity and the »Creation of a New Mindset« According to the Social Teaching of the Church: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach
Marijana Kompes
orcid.org/0000-0001-5384-3544
; Katedra za teologiju, Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium (2013), Pope Francis points out that solidarity »presumes […], the creation of a new mindset which thinks in terms of community and the priority of the life of all over the appropriation of goods by a few« (EG, No. 188). Building on the mentioned theological basis, this paper explores the principle of solidarity, while taking into consideration the division of ethical space to the field of justice (structural level) and good life (individual level) within the scope of modern natural law and the impact of this division on solidarity. The argument of relationality of the solidarity principle is adopted from the perspective of social teaching of the Church; an explanation is given for the relational aspects of solidarity, which were established by Pope John Paul II (person and structure), elaborated by Pope Benedict XVI (love, justice and fraternity) and contextualized by Pope Francis (person and community) under the aspect of »creating a new mindset« in relation to solidarity. The empirical part of the paper explores the relationality of solidarity within the Croatian context, and it is based on the Croatian study »Religion and Human Rights« (2014), which was conducted within the scope of the international programme »Religion and Human Rights« (2012–2019). Among other things, the results show that the respondents are increasingly unsure when it comes to solidary forms of action and, in a certain sense, the positive impact of religiosity on solidarity.
Ključne riječi
solidarity; social teaching of the Church; relationality of solidarity; new mindset; Pope Francis; person; community; religiosity.
Hrčak ID:
212925
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Datum izdavanja:
17.12.2018.
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