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https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v4i4.368
Manifestations of the Spirit of Solidarity Among Franciscans
Špiro Marasović
; Teologija u Splitu
Abstract
In this paper, the author researches into the spirit of solidarity among Croatian Franciscans. Distinguishing the variants of solidarity indicative (ontologic, group and class solidarity, and occasionalistic and pragmatic solidarity) from a solidarity imperative (declarative, effective and existential solidarity), the author discovers that only the existential solidarity possesses a spirit of solidarity that is at issue here. Starting from the concept of a spirit of solidarity and on the basis of partial results of a survey conducted for that purpose, the author comes to the following conclusion: 1. Generally speaking, solidarity as a value and a social principle, does not rank highly among the surveyed people of Franciscan charisma; 2. In the cases in which solidarity is practiced, it is most commonly identified with charitable work, which is not the same; 3. The existence of a spirit of solidarity among Franciscans has been proved but more as an individual and sporadic feature. It has not developed into a system and therefore it does not act systematically.
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29905
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Publication date:
1.4.1997.
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