Original scientific paper
Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel
Dragutin Matak
; Adriatic Union College
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APA 6th Edition
Matak, D. (2013). Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel. Biblijski pogledi, 21 (1-2), 89-100. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
MLA 8th Edition
Matak, Dragutin. "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel." Biblijski pogledi, vol. 21, no. 1-2, 2013, pp. 89-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Matak, Dragutin. "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel." Biblijski pogledi 21, no. 1-2 (2013): 89-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
Harvard
Matak, D. (2013). 'Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel', Biblijski pogledi, 21(1-2), pp. 89-100. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770 (Accessed 04 January 2025)
Vancouver
Matak D. Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel. Biblijski pogledi [Internet]. 2013 [cited 2025 January 04];21(1-2):89-100. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
IEEE
D. Matak, "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel", Biblijski pogledi, vol.21, no. 1-2, pp. 89-100, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770. [Accessed: 04 January 2025]
Full text: english pdf 430 Kb
page 89-100
downloads: 541
cite
APA 6th Edition
Matak, D. (2013). Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel. Biblijski pogledi, 21 (1-2), 89-100. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
MLA 8th Edition
Matak, Dragutin. "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel." Biblijski pogledi, vol. 21, no. 1-2, 2013, pp. 89-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Matak, Dragutin. "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel." Biblijski pogledi 21, no. 1-2 (2013): 89-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
Harvard
Matak, D. (2013). 'Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel', Biblijski pogledi, 21(1-2), pp. 89-100. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770 (Accessed 04 January 2025)
Vancouver
Matak D. Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel. Biblijski pogledi [Internet]. 2013 [cited 2025 January 04];21(1-2):89-100. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
IEEE
D. Matak, "Th e Misuse of History through Religious Exclusiveness as a Major Obstacle to the Transmission of the Gospel", Biblijski pogledi, vol.21, no. 1-2, pp. 89-100, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770. [Accessed: 04 January 2025]
Abstract
History is the backbone of life’s reality because it protects us from imaginary, mystical and hypothetical reconstructions. Because of that God revealed Himself in history. However, this noble place of history in spiritual experience is undermined by its misuse through religious exclusiveness. Historical data is manipulated to provide false presumptions which support an identity of separation from others. In this paper we will briefl y point out to some examples of Christian religious exclusiveness which are the obstacle to translatability of the Gospel to the world. Finally, we conclude that the historical facts will always remain elements of identity, but they should never be idolized. Th e main ingredient of a balanced religious identity and mission is theological and not historical in nature. In such a frame of mind, creating the culture of regarding every human being as a part of human family with the same Parents, the Gospel is naturally and effi ciently communicated.
Keywords
religious exclusiveness; transmission of the gospel; Christian mission; Jews; Catholics; Protestants; Adventists
Hrčak ID:
140770
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/140770
Publication date:
18.9.2013.
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croatian
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