Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/9xn31cd64y
CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIVE SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF LIFE AND WORK OF FR. BONO ZVONIMIR ŠAGI
VESNA HALUGA
orcid.org/0000-0003-1524-5169
Abstract
The paper in the field of communication sciences thematizes the communicative
significance and meaning of the term “new evangelization” in the context of
the work of Fr. Bono Zvonimir Šagi, who for decades carried out the new evangelization
in the parish of St. Vid in Varaždin, lectures in philosophy and theology at
the Institute for Christian Spirituality at the KBF in Zagreb and as the editor-in-chief
of "Kršćanska Sadašnjost".
In the introduction, II. Vatican Council and Evangelii Nuntiandi was thematized.
In the main part of the paper: concept, significance and meaning of the new evangelization,
work of Fr. Bono Šagi and the conducted empirical research on the contemporary
meaning of the new evangelization among 75 members of the religious
community and believers of the parishes of Sts. Nicholas the Bishop and St. Vid in
Varaždin with the aim of researching the significance of the new evangelization, ie
the familiarity of the term itself.
Hypothesis H1 was also posed: Most believers and members of the religious
community are familiar with the concept and contemporary communicative significance
of the new evangelization.
In the final part, results of the research are discussed and conclusion is presented.
In addition to empirical research, scientific methods of analysis and synthesisand
description were used. At the descriptive level, information describing the
phenomenon is presented, and at the thematic level collected data are grouped
by topics, and the analytical level is the core of qualitative research. Within the
analytical level, categories are created that arise from the interpretation of the
meaning of analyzed data (Richards, 2015: 109-113).
The work is a kind of homage to the character and work of Fr. Bono Zvonimir
Šagi, who left a deep mark to the lives of inhabitants of the city of Varaždin, regardless
of whether or not they are believers.
Keywords
communicative significance; new evangelization; Fr. Bono Zvonimir Šagi; II. Vatican Council; Evangelii Nuntiandi.
Hrčak ID:
289322
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2022.
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