Preliminary communication
From (In)Tolerance to Dialogue and Togetherness
Branko JOZIĆ
Vine MIHALJEVIĆ
Stipe TADIĆ
Abstract
The dialectic between identity and otherness has become
the permanent dynamics of conflict and bonding, intolerance
and coexistence. In our time the scope and intensity of globalisation leads resolutely to the mutual fusing of parts of
the world into one whole. However, at the same time it
stresses the fragility of particular identities as well as the
world in general and thus generates new tensions and
conflicts. The process of globalisation and development of
tolerance began a long time ago, thus concepts of equality,
brotherhood and sisterhood, freedom, justice, tolerance and
mutual turning towards togetherness can be found in
antiquity. Lately, however, a certain susceptibility to otherness
has been developing and attempts at overcoming the
narrowmindedness of spirit and frenzied aggressiveness are
becoming all the more intense. Namely, a true speech of
tolerance, i.e. of dialogue converges towards the speech of
love, for the essence of one's own freedom is to transform it
into love producing friendship. The results obtained,
representing the personal opinions of members of lay
ecclesiastical movements about (dis)agreement with the
truthfulness of statements regarding whether Christian sects
and new religious movements make a person happy, entirely
heal a person, direct a person towards false salvation, help
a person discover the meaning of life, brainwash their
minds, realise only financial profit or deceive people, as well
as the results which represent attitudes of the examinees
about the relationship of their movement with Christian sects
and new religious movements, indicate that both on the level
of lay ecclesiastical movement and individual examinee's
level there is a much greater degree of openness and respect
towards new religious movements than towards Christian
sects.
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Hrčak ID:
17857
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2005.
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