MISSIONARY. EXISTENTIAL. SPIRITUAL. PERSPECTIVES FOR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH AFTER THE PANDEMIC
MISSIONARY. EXISTENTIAL. SPIRITUAL. PERSPECTIVES FOR THE WORK OF THE CHURCH AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Author(s): Klara A. CsiszarSubject(s): Health and medicine and law, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: church; missionary; existential; spiritual; pandemic; Missio Dei; Pope Francis; anthropological; logotherapy and existential analysis;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores opportunities for Church action after the pandemic, from three different perspectives: missionary, anthropological and spiritual. The missionary perspective; using an existential-analytical approach, should contribute to the Church becoming less focused on her- self and more committed to in its mission for the good life. From an anthropological perspective, Church work is directed to the human being as the image of God and pleads for anthropological aspects to be taken into account in the shaping of Church practice. With the spiritual perspective, the plea is made for Church activity after the pandemic to open up spaces in which human beings, in the experience of their worthiness to love, understand and learn to love themselves without measure and without conditions.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Catholica Latina
- Issue Year: 67/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 5-16
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
