National identitet og udfordringen for den lettiske kirke idag Af Guntis Dislers Forfatteren er p... more National identitet og udfordringen for den lettiske kirke idag Af Guntis Dislers Forfatteren er praest i den lutherske kirke i Letland og har gennem de seneste ar vaeret ansvarlig for at pleje forbindelsen til kirker i udlandet, nu hvor sadanne relationer kan etableres og plejes. Guntis Dislers gennemgar i en raekke punkter hovedtraek af den aktuelle religiose situation i Letland. Det er hans hovedsynspunkt, at livsanskuelsessituationen er broget, om ikke ligefrem uoverskuelig. Det skyldes, at de religiose kraefter, der var bundet under kommunismens totalit.re undertrykkelsessystem, nu slippes fri, med en lobsk aktivitet til folge. Ud over de kirker og trosretninger, der traditionelt har spillet en rolle i Letland, drejer det sig ogsa om en form for nyhedenskab med rodder i urgammel, indoeuroaeiske mytologi. Desuden gar ny-religiose grupperinger, bade af indisk og af amerikansk oprindelse, sig kraftigt gaeldende. Ikke mindst den frie adgang til at gore brug af de elektroniske medier...
The affiliation of the family with the land, ownership rights as necessary for a sufficient means... more The affiliation of the family with the land, ownership rights as necessary for a sufficient means of existence on one hand, and God’s blessings on the other, is a founding triangle constituting the basic principles of every ancient society. The triangle is also described in the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible. For many centuries, the ‘nation-land-God’ triangle has been an undisputed foundation for the sustainability of every society. The ancient intuition foresaw the inalienable constituents of society as still being worth remembering for modern man. However, in the 21st century, all three constituents could be described and named differently. Our reflections go far beyond the ancient book (or rather, collection of 39 books) composed more than 2,000 years ago for the needs of society in Ancient Israel. The house, the household, was the key concept for both the family, posterity and economics in Biblical times, and so it is today. We tend to think that family ties and econ...
The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Ca... more The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox traditions shaped by unique social activities of nations and their luminous representatives. These three traditions are described as Roman Catholic (society which pleases God), Protestant (Professional calling from God) and Russian Orthodox (merge of religious and national identity). Traditions are characterized by illustrations from the key documents representing local peculiarities of the Christian mindset. Being mutually interactive, these vectors open up unlimited ways to carry out practical Christian ministry both within the Church and outside its walls at the same time acting as preconditions for Christian social teaching and development of caritative social work.
The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Ca... more The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox traditions shaped by unique social activities of nations and their luminous representatives. These three traditions are described as Roman Catholic (society which pleases God), Protestant (Professional calling from God) and Russian Orthodox (merge of religious and national identity). Traditions are characterized by illustrations from the key documents representing local peculiarities of the Christian mindset. Being mutually interactive, these vectors open up unlimited ways to carry out practical Christian ministry both within the Church and outside its walls at the same time acting as preconditions for Christian social teaching and development of Caritative social work.
The concept of caritative social work was born inreligious setting long before cultic aspects sep... more The concept of caritative social work was born inreligious setting long before cultic aspects separated from social dimension inany religion. Charity was known in antiquity, particularly in the Old Testamentyet with the birth of the Christian Church they acquired strong socialexpression. The article describes history of the concept until the 4thcentury, when Cappadocian Fathers summarized the known initiatives and acceptedsecular medicine in the Church mileu.Traditional groups of unprotected people (widows, orphans, elderly, strangers,prisoners) were cared for. Religious dimension in social work of the day gaveaccess to spiritual care for clients besides financial support of the needy.Care for the sick was taken up during the reform of Basil the Great when hecalled hermits from their desert solitude to serve people in his new city Basilea, andthat ministry was taken upon as religious duty – for the benefit of salvation.Sharing, mutual support, inclusion was seen as restoration of th...
National identitet og udfordringen for den lettiske kirke idag Af Guntis Dislers Forfatteren er p... more National identitet og udfordringen for den lettiske kirke idag Af Guntis Dislers Forfatteren er praest i den lutherske kirke i Letland og har gennem de seneste ar vaeret ansvarlig for at pleje forbindelsen til kirker i udlandet, nu hvor sadanne relationer kan etableres og plejes. Guntis Dislers gennemgar i en raekke punkter hovedtraek af den aktuelle religiose situation i Letland. Det er hans hovedsynspunkt, at livsanskuelsessituationen er broget, om ikke ligefrem uoverskuelig. Det skyldes, at de religiose kraefter, der var bundet under kommunismens totalit.re undertrykkelsessystem, nu slippes fri, med en lobsk aktivitet til folge. Ud over de kirker og trosretninger, der traditionelt har spillet en rolle i Letland, drejer det sig ogsa om en form for nyhedenskab med rodder i urgammel, indoeuroaeiske mytologi. Desuden gar ny-religiose grupperinger, bade af indisk og af amerikansk oprindelse, sig kraftigt gaeldende. Ikke mindst den frie adgang til at gore brug af de elektroniske medier...
The affiliation of the family with the land, ownership rights as necessary for a sufficient means... more The affiliation of the family with the land, ownership rights as necessary for a sufficient means of existence on one hand, and God’s blessings on the other, is a founding triangle constituting the basic principles of every ancient society. The triangle is also described in the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible. For many centuries, the ‘nation-land-God’ triangle has been an undisputed foundation for the sustainability of every society. The ancient intuition foresaw the inalienable constituents of society as still being worth remembering for modern man. However, in the 21st century, all three constituents could be described and named differently. Our reflections go far beyond the ancient book (or rather, collection of 39 books) composed more than 2,000 years ago for the needs of society in Ancient Israel. The house, the household, was the key concept for both the family, posterity and economics in Biblical times, and so it is today. We tend to think that family ties and econ...
The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Ca... more The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox traditions shaped by unique social activities of nations and their luminous representatives. These three traditions are described as Roman Catholic (society which pleases God), Protestant (Professional calling from God) and Russian Orthodox (merge of religious and national identity). Traditions are characterized by illustrations from the key documents representing local peculiarities of the Christian mindset. Being mutually interactive, these vectors open up unlimited ways to carry out practical Christian ministry both within the Church and outside its walls at the same time acting as preconditions for Christian social teaching and development of caritative social work.
The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Ca... more The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox traditions shaped by unique social activities of nations and their luminous representatives. These three traditions are described as Roman Catholic (society which pleases God), Protestant (Professional calling from God) and Russian Orthodox (merge of religious and national identity). Traditions are characterized by illustrations from the key documents representing local peculiarities of the Christian mindset. Being mutually interactive, these vectors open up unlimited ways to carry out practical Christian ministry both within the Church and outside its walls at the same time acting as preconditions for Christian social teaching and development of Caritative social work.
The concept of caritative social work was born inreligious setting long before cultic aspects sep... more The concept of caritative social work was born inreligious setting long before cultic aspects separated from social dimension inany religion. Charity was known in antiquity, particularly in the Old Testamentyet with the birth of the Christian Church they acquired strong socialexpression. The article describes history of the concept until the 4thcentury, when Cappadocian Fathers summarized the known initiatives and acceptedsecular medicine in the Church mileu.Traditional groups of unprotected people (widows, orphans, elderly, strangers,prisoners) were cared for. Religious dimension in social work of the day gaveaccess to spiritual care for clients besides financial support of the needy.Care for the sick was taken up during the reform of Basil the Great when hecalled hermits from their desert solitude to serve people in his new city Basilea, andthat ministry was taken upon as religious duty – for the benefit of salvation.Sharing, mutual support, inclusion was seen as restoration of th...
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