Religijska imaginacija i suvremena javna teologija. (Croatian)

The Religious Imagination and Contemporary Public Theology. (English)

The process of secularization, known as the process of the privatization of religion or its denial from the public square, is a heritage of Modernity. This reality had (and continues to have) important consequences for Christian theology. Hence, the renewal of Christian theology is urgent, and has a lot at stake, especially regarding the need for a renewed Christian message within contemporary society. Though public theology appeared as a normal consequence of the need for the renewal of Christian theology, this renewal is not necessarily present in many of its methods. The rigidity of both of its theological methods and language remains a problem for public theology. This article suggests that the new shift in anthropology should be taken into consideration when constructing a viable public theology nowadays. Th e category of „religious imagination” is of utmost importance since it takes into consideration the new definition of the human being, which is in line more with postmodernism than modernity. Thus, the article sketches the possible substantial contribution the religious imagination brings towards the revitalization of contemporary public theology. Moreover, the article mentions recent Romanian studies on the imagination, which stresses, even more, the richness hidden within it and its possible usage for the construction of a viable public theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Proces sekularizacije, poznat i kao proces privatizacije religije, odnosno njezino uklanjanje iz javnog i društvenog života, predstavlja baštinu modernizma. Ova je realnost u značajnoj mjeri utjecala (i još uvijek utječe) na kršćansku teologiju. Zbog toga postoji hitna i značajna potreba za obnovom kršćanske teologije, posebno kad je riječ o potrebi za obnovljenom kršćanskom porukom u suvremenom društvu. Premda se činilo kako je javna teologija normalna posljedica potrebe za obnovom kršćanske teologije, ne znači da je obnova zapravo prisutna u mnogim njezinim metodama. Nefl eksibilnost njezinih teoloških metoda i terminologije i dalje predstavljaju problem za javnu teologiju. U ovom članku sugeriramo da, pri konstruiranju održive javne teologije, valja uvažiti ovaj novi pomak u antropologiji. Kategorija „religijske imaginacije“ od vitalnog je značaja jer uvažava novu defi niciju ljudskog bića koja je bliža postmodernizmu nego modernizmu. Zato u članku prikazujemo mogući značajan doprinos koji religijska imaginacija može pružiti u svrhu revitalizacije suvremene javne teologije. Nadalje, u članku spominjemo nedavna rumunjska istraživanja o ovoj temi u kojima se stavlja još veći naglasak na bogatstvo skriveno u njemu i njezinu moguću svrhu u konstruiranju održive javne teologije. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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