Original scientific paper
Christians facing the challenges of pluralism Elements of theology of pluralism in the thought of Željko Mardešić
Nikola Bižaca
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Abstract
So far, the work of Ž. Mardešić has been extensively researched in terms of his contribution to social, historical and phenomenological sciences of religion. Thereat, his personal theological synthesis of Christianity, which is more or less explicitly implicated in his socioreligious analyses and thoughts, has largely remained apart. Moreover, among the interpreters of his thought one may encounter a strong reluctance to search for his theological profile. However, we hold that Mardešić has a recognizable theological vision of reality that follows and pervades his socio-religious and religiological analyses. It can be grasped, among other things, in his theological evaluations of the phenomenon of religious, ideological and political pluralism. Therefore, in this article we are trying to observe and briefly present some of the bearing categories of Mardešić’s theological synthesis that he applies in evaluating the phenomenon of religious and political pluralism of contemporary societies. In the introduction, we generally discuss the place and role of theological consideration of religious pluralism as well as the way of the presence of Mardešić’s theological synthesis within his religiology. The first chapter outlines the basic characteristics of modernity and post-modernity as viewed by the author of this article and
Keywords
Ž. Mardešić; sociology of religion; religiology; theology of pluralism; the Council reception; dialogue; secularization
Hrčak ID:
192656
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Publication date:
21.12.2017.
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