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Providing Quality Social Life Under the Pressure of Transition and Globalization
Helmut Renöckl
; Teološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Češkim Budejovicama
Sažetak
The article is aimed at pointing to the challenges imposed by globalisation on the societies in transition from theological perspective, and at giving guidelines for the Church activities in these countries after the fall of communism. Starting with the
analysis of the communist regime and its governing structure, it emphasises the necessity for the new structures that should provide a suitable response to the demands of the process of transformation and globalisation. Defining globalisation as a technical - economic, ond also socio-cultural and ethical everlasting revolution, which today, unfortunately mostly leads to further deepening of the gap
between the rich and the poor, the article highlights the importance of a more authoritative constitution of "ethical globalisation" in the form of a new, post-modern life- culture created in the spirit of solidarity and social justice.
According to the author, the Church is not entirely over these changes because it hasn't noticed the signs of time. Therefore it wonders whether Christianity will be able to create new Europe in the spirit of "ecological and social establishment".
New Europe is not just a political, economic and cultural project, it is also a challenge for the Church, for European tradition is derived from Christian roots.
"New Europe" needs soul, religious depth, live Christians and the Church, which will all together make available rich socio-ethical projects, and become on important factor of social guidance in the modern society.
Ključne riječi
Transition; globalisation; post-modern life-culture; New Europe; ecological social politics; solidarity; Christianity
Hrčak ID:
40211
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2004.
Posjeta: 1.207 *