PRILOG TEOLOŠKOM VREDNOVANJU POJMA SEKULARNOSTI.

A CONTRIBUTION TO THEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SECULARITY.

The article offers the author's contribution to theological reflection on secularity today. The article emphasises the importance of correct understanding and acceptance of secularity among believers as a precondition of successful conduction of the Church's mission that consists of the proclamation of faith. In the process of transmitting faith to the contemporary human being, the Church needs to primarily enter into dialogue with persons in their freedom and individuality, instead of conversing with institutions, structures and dominant ideologies. Correctly understood secularisation is actually a demand of the Biblical faith in God the Creator who recognises autonomy of the world that he created. Building especially on the thought of Italian theologian born in Rijeka, Severin Dianich, the author elaborates on certain positive aspects of secularisation that might make the transition from pre -conciliar to post -conciliar living of Christianity easier for believers. In the context of secularity, the need for evaluating the specific role of lay persons in the Church is emphasised. Through secularisation, i.e., the loss of older forms of power, the Church in its »new form« assumes a humble place in the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ovim radom autor daje svoj doprinos teološkom promišljanju o sekularnosti danas. Rad naglašava važnost ispravnog shvaćanja i prihvaćanja sekularnosti među vjernicima kao preduvjeta uspješnog izvršavanja crkvenog poslanja koje se sastoji u naviještanju vjere. U procesu prenošenja vjere suvremenom čovjeku crkva treba ulaziti ponajprije u dijalog s osobama u njihovoj slobodi i individualnosti, radije negoli razgovarati s institucijama, strukturama i važećim ideologijama. Ispravno shvaćena sekularizacija upravo je zahtjev biblijske vjere u boga Stvoritelja, koji priznaje autonomiju svijeta koji je stvorio. Pozivajući se posebice na talijanskog teologa rođenog u Rijeci Severina Dianicha, autor obrazlaže određene pozitivne aspekte sekularizacije, koji olakšavaju vjernicima prijelaz iz pretkoncilskog u koncilsko življenje kršćanstva. U kontekstu sekularnosti naglašava se potreba vrednovanja specifične uloge laikata u crkvi. Sekularizacijom, odnosno gubitkom starih oblika vlasti i moći, crkva svojom »novom formom«, novim obličjem zauzima ponizno mjesto u svijetu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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