Review article
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.29.3.6
Working Sunday in Croatia from the Perspective of the Biblical Seventh Day
Arkadiusz Krasicki
orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-5233
; Department of Religious Sciences, University of Zadar
Elvis Ražov
orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-765X
; Department of Religious Sciences, University of Zadar
Abstract
The paper investigates reasons why after the democratic changes in Croatia, despite many activities of civic organizations and the Church itself, there is no work-free Sunday for those professions that are not indispensable for maintaining the regular life of society and the state. The difference between the biblical stencil and current failed attempts is shown from the perspective of believers, through the analysis of biblical texts that speak of the »Sabbath« or the seventh day, and the comparison between the experience of the Israeli people coming out of Egyptian captivity, because God demands offering sacrifice in freedom, and the ef-forts of believers in Croatia today to celebrate Sunday work-free and in freedom. Namely, in the Bible, there is a clear emphasis on the right and duty of believers to first give glory to God, which then allows freedom and rest, while today’s attempts, without omitting the former, emphasize the right to rest, family togetherness and the like.
Keywords
Sunday; work-free Sunday; Shabbat; worship of God; freedom; rest
Hrčak ID:
265984
URI
Publication date:
30.11.2021.
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