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Family and the Challenges of the Contemporary Society
Family and the Challenges of the Contemporary Society

Author(s): Ionuţ Oprea
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: family; challenge; society; crises; sacrality;

Summary/Abstract: Ever since the most historic times, the family has been a topical subject,bringing a extraordinary influence in the world. Society with the norms could not ignore this form oforganization called "family". The family is one of the basic elements of society, and even we can evensay that it is the most important link that connects one realm to another. Like any otherinstitution, the family can be threatened. These threats, as we will see in the article, come from boththe outside and the interior. If family is the institution that should work with each institution,whether educational, economic or other, unfortunately it is not possible at all times. We live in asociety where, slowly, but with rapid steps, the abnormal begins to become normal, the illegal tobecome legal. And this great evolution of society represents a real regression of the family institutionor, more precisely, a huge obstacle to the world where the family is the most sacred element. In thispaper I will try to identify these factors that cause the family some contemporary handicaps, and atthe same time we will try to answer a question that is being asked more often in our days, namely:"The family, where?"

  • Issue Year: VII/2019
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 195-200
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English