Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 86 No. 1, 2016.
Original scientific paper
What is theology?The understanding of theology in the thought of Josip Turčinović
Stjepan Kušar
orcid.org/0000-0002-4464-3679
; Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia, Zagreb
Abstract
The article tries to present the understanding of theology in the published texts of prof. dr. Josip Turčinović (1933 – 1989). He did not engage with this issue directly, but the idea of theology as understanding of faith is quite present in his thought and sometimes even pointed out. The reconstruction of this modo exercito given understanding begins with his texts, which are mostly of kerygmatic nature, and deals firstly with Turčinović´s understanding of faith in Triune God as the basis of theology. After that the article presents the main dimensions of the concept of theology that can be detected in his texts: there, theology is seen as an understanding of faith, a discourseon God, as a reflected form of self-understanding of the Church, and as the face of faith that is turned towards the public. In all of this there is a touch of critique understood as, for faith and theology, a needed discernment of facts in the Church and society, and a touch of praxis or realisation of faith in life of a believer and his/her community. The final part points out some consequences of Turčinović´s understanding of faith. These concern the theologian as a person and his/her work, research on our theological heritage, and necessary poly-dialogical character of theology in contemporary cultural and social conditions.
Keywords
theology; faith; Gospel; Josip Turčinović; Jesus Christ; Triune God; the Church; culture; society
Hrčak ID:
158539
URI
Publication date:
25.5.2016.
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