Incontriamo Gesù. Studio sul documento della Commissione Episcopale Italiana sugli Orientamenti per l’annuncio e la catechesi

Author(s): Mirosław Stanisław Wierzbicki / Language(s): Italian Issue: 2/2015

This article discusses the document Meeting Jesus, presented by the Italian Episcopal Commission. In seeking to give guidelines for the proclamation and catechesis of the faith in Italy it becomes one of the most important documents in recent years that deal with the new evangelization that assists the whole Church in the announcing of the Gospel and the journey of faith.The document highlights certain homogeneity in reading the cultural, social, ecclesial and pastoral situation in which the processes of formation and education are realized. This helps the development of the “catechetical needs” and the specific paths of diocesan and national guidelines. It also reveals the possibility of a comparison at the inter-diocesan level between formators and a mutual support in the evaluation of projects and activity. To realize the training of formators and of members of the diocesan teams “in the wise work of coordinating and leading” it is important to work on the same lines proposed by the Guidelines.

Empathic parenting and child development

Author(s): Barbara Simonič / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

Our experience of the world and life is associated with our sense of ‘self’, which begins to grow in the preverbal period through the child’s primary relationships with his/her parents. Such relationships should be optimal and full of true, genuine and deep contact, marked with a parent’s empathic responsiveness. Empathic parents encourage positive development, while lack of empathy is many times associated with dysfunctional patterns of behaviour in later life. Empathy is a critical factor for the healthy development of a child, especially for the growth of a creative and genuine sense of ‘self’, which in adulthood is essential for a healthy and vibrant personality, one who is capable of coping with life and living empathic relationships. Empathy in the narrowest sense of the word is the ability to share and comprehend the feelings and thoughts of another, e.g. the ability to have insight into experiencing. In a broader sense, it is the basic dynamics of relationships that fully enable us to feel safe and accepted with others and thereby give us space for growth and development.

Was John Paul II an Apologist of Christianity?

Author(s): Andrzej Michalik / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2012

The paper tries to answer the question whether John Paul II was an apologist of Christianity. Moving along scholastic methodology, the paper progress along three stages, exploring a negative statement (videtur quod non), justifying a positive assertion (sed contra), to formulate a conclusion (ergo). Through this methodology the paper argues that Pope John Paul II was the defender of Christianity. This methodology allows thorough study of the highlights of the pontificate of this Great Pope and on the basis of counter-points to bring out a more clear answer to the research question.

Stanowiska i deklaracje przywódców partii politycznych w Polsce wobec religii

Author(s): Maciej Hartliński,Jakub Klepański / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

This is a comparative study of the parliamentary utterances delivered by fifteen different leaders of the four main political parties in Poland (PiS, PO, PSL, SLD) on matters relating to religion in the years 1991-2015. Religion as such rarely made it into their sphere of interest, judging from the frequency of their remarks on it (62 out of total 3,795). Most instances belong to the politicians from SLD and PSL (28 and 20 times respectively). Leaders of PiS and PO mentioned religion 8 and 6 times respectively. Among leaders most often touching on aspects relating to religion were J. Oleksy (13 times, amounting to 5,8% of his parliamentary utterances) and L. Miller (11 times, that is, 2,6 of his total utterances). Five leaders, namely L. Kaczyński, M. Płażyński, R. Bartoszcze, J. Wojciechowski and K. Janik did not mention religion at all. Analysis of the remarks on religion by political leaders indicates their generally positive or neutral attitude to religious issues. The positive utterances would come mostly from the leaders of PiS, PO and PSL. Leaders of SLD would rather express their neutral attitude, and not a negative, or hostile one.

Stosunek władzy państwowej do Kościołów i związków wyznaniowych w Polsce Ludowej 1944-1956

Author(s): Tomasz Gajowniczek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

The author describes the policy of the communist government in the Polish People’s Republic towards Churches and religious associations in the years 1944-1956. The government’s attitude to religious minorities was determined by its policy towards the Catholic Church, the most dominant religious group in Poland after the Second World War. There were differences in the way the state authorities treated various religious minorities, according to their size, ethnic make-up and their relatioship with their counterparts abroad.The research materials include available works on the subject, published documents and archival material, not yet published, collected in Archiwum Akt Nowych (State Archives) in Warsaw, formerly Urząd do Spraw Wyznań (Office for Religious Affairs).

O prawdziwy wizerunek Tatara w Polsce

Author(s): Aleksander Miśkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

Tatars in our country are perceived as strangers. This perception finds support in school textbooks, and popular imagination pictures them as threatening and treacherous Tuhay-Beys described by Sienkiewicz in this Trilogy. This image has not changed, even despite their continuous settlements in Poland, beginning in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the second half of the 14th century. Tatars from the eastern flanks of Poland would respond to every call from the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and later, from Polish kings, to defend their adopted homeland. In the interwar years many Tatars, i.e. numerous intelligentsia, including many laywers, strived to change the perception of Polish Tatar. Many Tatars served in the Polish army during Polish independence, and earlier had fought along Poles in the Polish-Soviet War. Central figures in those years were representatives of the Tatar families of Achmatowicze, Kryczyńscy, Romanowicze and Sulkiewicze.

Párbeszéd a keresztény teológia és az idegtudományok között

Author(s): Sándor Gánóczy / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 05/2018

Teologia katolicka w konfrontacji z neuronaukami: przyczynek do dialogu

Author(s): Damian Wąsek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 64/2018

I ask the following question: “How should theology develop in order to avoid conflicts with neurosciences?” I believe that the answer to this question is a turn towards the monistic structure of human nature. It seems that insisting on the concept of a human being as composed of two realities – the body and the soul – makes it difficult, if not impossible, to enter into a constructive dialogue with neuroscientists who point to a clear connection between consciousness and biological processes.

Mesjasz, brat czy odstępca? Jezus z Nazaretu a judaizm

Author(s): Magdalena Rzym / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

This article shows how the Jewish approach to Jesus was shaped over the centuries. The position of selected Jewish theologians and lay representatives of Judaism is presented. The traditional approach of Judaism to Jesus Christ was silence about him or open hostility. The references in the Talmud and the work of Toledot Yeshu are full of insulting comments showing the founder of Christianity as an illegitimate child, a magician, a heretic, a deceiver. Also today, the role and significance of Jesus remains a sensitive topic for Christian-Jewish relations. On the other hand, since the nineteenth century, we have been witnessing numerous attempts to restore a place for Jesus in the religious tradition of Judaism. They are taken by rabbis, theologians and Jewish lay thinkers. They recognize in him their brother, an outstanding teacher, and above all – a Jew faithful to tradition of Judaism.

Jezus Chrystus w tekstach apokryficznych Nowego Testamentu

Author(s): Katarzyna A. Mich / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

The New Testament apocrypha is a biblical work containing issues related to time and people associated with the activity of Jesus. The author of the apocrypha imitates biblical literary genres (phrases and images) describing events in the life of Jesus. However, the religious ambience of the apocrypha is different from the Gospel. The article attempts to show the image of Jesus Christ in the apocryphal texts of Christian antiquity. The first part offers general information about apocrypha and presents it as an attempt to supplement the information about Jesus that was missing in the canonical Gospels. The second part presents the image of Jesus on the basis of non-canonical writings. The last part (the third one) collates both images – canonical and apocryphal – and attempts to define the meaning of apocrypha to know historical Jesus. Although the apocryphal meaning for knowing Jesus Christ is debatable.

Jezus Chrystus i Jego nauczanie w neokabale szkoły duchowej Bnei Baruch

Author(s): Dorota Brylla / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

This article explores possibilities of identifying similarities between the thesis propagated by the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education and Research Institute (new religious movement) and the teaching of Jesus Christ. Finding any would be very interesting, since the kabbalah of the “sons of Bnei Baruch” belongs to neither Christian, nor any other religious tradition. Potential similarities would certainly pose questions about the motives and common sources of both systems. Members of the Bnei Baruch group are convinced that kabbalah aims the process of fulfilling what Jesus described as the two most important commandments: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. (...) You must love your neighbour as yourself” (Mt 22,36-39).

Иисус брат сатаны? Христология Церкви Иисуса Христа Святых последних дней (мормонов)

Author(s): Sergej A. Anoshko / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2018

The author analyses the original christological concept propounded by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and compares it with the Christian theology. It turns out that the official Mormon teaching on Christ’s nature, origins, mission, resurrection and Parousia (thought of as inspired) is incompatible with the christology of the traditional Christian denominations. Despite J. Smith’s and his successors’ radical departure from the pronouncements of Christian denominations, the proposed text may encourage further research into the person of Jesus Christ and his role in – perhaps, not so much the official teaching of this new, para-christian religion – but in the everyday life of Mormons, especially in their prayers, liturgy and communal relationships.

“They spoke Hungarian but were of a Romanian faith.” A Greek Catholic community in Székely Land in the first half of the 20th century

Author(s): Eszter Győrfy / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The present study examines the fate of a Greek Catholic parish in Székely Land, more specifically the inhabitants of Kostelek (Coşnea) based on the archival and anthropological field research of the author placing it within the context of the findings of earlier research on the 20th century identification struggles of Hungarian-speaking Greek Catholics in Hungary. For Greek Catholics of Ruthenian and Romanian origin assimilated to the majority Hungarians, their linguistic-national and religious identities were often incompatible during the 20th century. The problematic situations resulting from this “collision of identities” were treated by individual communities in a variety of ways, and Hungarian Greek Catholics living within changing state lines chose various identification routes. The case study presented here will demonstrate that all this, beyond the political changes, was closely related to the pastoral activity of the local priesthood and to particular local conditions.

Evanjelizačné a katechizačné poslanie kresťanskej rodiny

Author(s): Monika Kubatková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 3/2018

Salvific mission of the Church is not realized only by the priests, but the essential role is played by lay persons, especially in the field of evangelization. A particular area of evangelization and catechization is a family, not only as a suitable object for this purpose, but especially as an important subject of evangelization. Parents are the first evangelizers and principal educators of their children from an early age and those in this task are difficult to replace. Through parents the children are formed, but also through children the parents are formed. The paper analyzes some specific ways and forms of evangelistic services in the conditions and circumstances in which the family may bring the Gospel message.

Teologia i nauki o mediach: interdyscyplinarność jako płaszczyzna wspólnej refleksji naukowej o środkach społecznego przekazu

Author(s): Andrzej Adamski,Grzegorz Łęcicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The purpose of this article is to gather discussions on two areas of science: theology and media studies in comparative perspective. The authors analyze the methodological aspects of both areas of science and further argue there is a common area of interest which includes research on media and communications. The scientific dialogue between theology and media studies is possible due to interdisciplinarity.

UNIMEA SFINTEI TREIMI. TEZĂ ȘI PARABOLĂ A UNITĂȚII NAȚIONALE DIN ROMÂNIA

Author(s): Iacob Coman / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2018

The study reserves its right to a scientific „adventure”, as it analyses God’s behaviour from a human perspective and it states the godly nature of the human behaviour. It also allows reason and honesty to judge its author, to the detriment of its origins and to the benefit of his future and that of his people. The study avoids historical and theological clichés that underlie any centennial and reserves its right to deal with the most delicate ethnical and historical realities in a transparent, venturous and sometimes harsh way. This study does not represent an exhaustive approach, on the contrary. Seen as a proposal or as a challenge, it proves that concepts like national unity, freedom of conscience, religious pluralism and so on, can be approached following totally different patterns from the preferred ones. Consequently, in the following four short sections, we seek to provide the ones interested in the topic with a paper that integrates scientific research with godly sentiments and human concern and audacity.

BİLİM ve DÜŞÜNCE EKSENİNDE SEMERKAND RASATHANESİ

Author(s): Kishimjan Eshenkulova / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 40/2018

Samarqand Observatory as known the Ulugh Bey Observatory, has an important place in the history of science. The astronomic instruments and article of Zîc-i Ulugh Bey, which was based on the traditional theories and observations in Samarqand Observatory, are very important for understanding of the scientific development in Islamic world. It is clear that astronomic studies in the period of Ulugh Bey are far from the scientific revolution. However, there are very significant scientific contributions in the determination of the stars and calculations of the calendars. In this study, the role of Samarqand Observatory and its importance in Islamic civilization will be discussed.

IDEEA UNITĂȚII NAȚIONALE, LIBERTATEA DE CONȘTIINȚĂ ȘI PRINCIPIILE SOCIETĂȚII DEMOCRATICE

Author(s): Ioan Stinghe / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2018

From the perspective of current circumstances, the fundamental idea for this research is the interference resulting from the connection of the idea of national unity with the freedom of conscience and the principles of democratic society. After a brief introduction, the article presents the three factors of the relationship: the idea of national unity, freedom of conscience and the principles of democratic society, then analyzing the connection and the relationship between them in order to discover new possibilities for practical implementation in the context of a society in continuous change. The end of the article will contain a summary of the results.

UNITATEA NAȚIONALĂ, MODELUL BIBLIC. LIBERTATE RELIGIOASĂ ȘI DE CONȘTIINȚĂ ÎN CONTEXTUL UNEI SOCIETĂȚI DEMOCRATICE

Author(s): Ioan Liviu Tăut / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2018

The author highlights the importance of a Romanian society that uses and develops knowledge in the context of a democratic process and solidarity of political decision-makers in the national interest. In the context of a broader individual freedom, the author also proposes advocating for a Biblical model for freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of expression. The article also identifies the current issues raised by the Romanian society and proposes remedies, as well as adopting the values of Biblical knowledge and also promoting the values of all the other Christian denominations officially recognized by the state, in a country where most its citizens identify themselves as Orthodox Christians.

A győztes

Author(s): Péter Sebestyén / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 01/2018