Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 71 No. 2-3, 2001.
Pregledni rad
Value Crisis and Culture
Ivan Supičić
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU), Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The crisis of values and culture is a state in which the values are wavered, questioned and weakened, but it is also a state of opportunity, with the incentive to look for a solution; it is the need for change in order to improve and progress. The author discusses the crisis of spiritual values as the crisis of man. The contemporary crisis of civilization aims at human beings and his/her basic values: while a big part of humanity lives in poverty and hunger, is underdeveloped, illiterate, and culturally marginalized, the minority lives in abundance and luxury, in wanton dissipation and enjoyment. Even the human life, from its conception to death, is depreciated. To these human and social dimensions of the crisis we should add the metaphysical, spiritual and religious dimensions. Modern, especially Western civilization, has produced a human being with emphasized individualism, egotism, indifference towards transcendence and God, an individual directed towards the transient and material. He/she is dominated by the 'consumers' mentality and relativization of all essential values, especially spiritual values. Those who analyze this condition speak about a manifold cultural crisis of humanity. To this contemporary state of crisis, Christians are invited to offer a culture of sanctity, so that their faith may become a true culture. Through the Cross of Christ human crises become the opportunity for overcoming temptations, for carrying the cross, hence for spiritual deepening.
Ključne riječi
crisis; culture; values; faith; kenosis; atheism; indifference; nihilism; idolatry; culture of sanctity
Hrčak ID:
29117
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Datum izdavanja:
20.5.2002.
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