Az előadás célja, hogy feltárja, hogyan őrizhetők meg a kereszténység alapvető értékei a tudományos és filozófiai irányzatokkal szemben. A téma releváns a mai világban is, ahol a vallási hagyományok és értékek gyakran kerülnek konfliktusba a modern társadalom elvárásaival.
Bethlen terem
The ever-renewing and changing religious-cultural context of modern people necessarily gives rise to new methods and approaches to give the message of biblical texts a foothold in this context. Navigating this complex theoretical landscape of modern interpretations of biblical texts, which take into account the contextual factors, one is soon confronted with the approach of bibliolog. My work explores the hermeneutical background of the bibliolog through a case study.
The First Letter of Peter points out that Christian communities existing within the larger context of Greco-Roman culture faced a twofold danger: loss of internal cohesion resulting in the disintegration of the group, and the rise of external suspicion on the part of non-Christians that could lead to hostility and active oppression. There were two opposing ways Christians could react to this situation, given their powerlessness to change the structures of external society.
The redactional and tradition-historical evolution of the texts can shed some light on the changing context, and the changing scope of a teaching uttered by Jesus. I chose a parable that caused considerate turbulence among New Testament scholars and still does not have a satisfying solution to its meaning, the Parable of the Unjust Steward in Luke 16,1-13. The original parable, that reflects the first Century A.D.
The recognition of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2019 has marked an irreconcilable dividing line between Russia and Ukraine in the ecclesiastical sphere too. Yet, this intra-orthodox development has effects that reach far beyond Ukraine and Russia, impacting neighboring countries such as Romania. While Romania expresses its full sympathy for Ukraine in this war of aggression, the Romanian Orthodox Church has not (yet) confirmed its recognition of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Churches are key actors in the value system of many Western societies. However, they face a significant loss of relevance and credibility among their members and within society. For churches to maintain (or regain) cultural and social relevance, it is therefore crucial to understand which values are personally important to individuals. In autumn 2024 we conducted a representative survey of 2,035 German and 2,094 Czech citizens asking about drivers of credibility of churches.
Der Exodus ist der identitätsstiftende Gründungsmythos Israels, des Nordreiches. Darin treten die siegreichen Aspekte der nordisraelitischen Gottesvorstellungen zu Tage. Hos macht sehr oft von dieser Motivik Gebrauch, wenn er eine Vision der Liebe Gottes zum Volk in der Wüste entwirft (Hos 2,16-17), wenn er vor einem zweiten Exodus warnt und die assyrische Krise mit der ägyptischen Sklaverei vergleicht (Hos 9,3; 11,4).
Die Homiletik definiert verschiedene Kriterien für das Prinzip und den Inhalt der Predigt. In diesem Zusammenhang bereitet der Prediger seine Predigt für die jeweilige Gemeinde vor, deren Wesen und Auftrag ebenfalls durch die Offenbarung bestimmt werden. Die aktuellen (z. B. politischen, gesellschaftlichen) Einflüsse prägen die Erwartungen der Gemeinde an die Predigt. Die Predigt kann die kontextuellen Entwicklungen nicht ignorieren, muss jedoch an der Offenbarung festhalten.
The presentation probes and estimates the probable cognitive complexity that must have arisen in the minds of the prophets and the apostles in their experiences of receiving and responding to revelation as well as reducing it to writing. The heightened use of cognitive capabilities for perception, belief and language as well as the cognitive concerns such as grasping reality, propelling relationality and caring for rationality are shown as being evident among those who claimed to have received revelation.
The presentation explores the role of context in shaping the meaning of religious, artistic, and everyday objects. It examines the transitions between these semantic fields, focusing on the blurred boundaries between the sacred and the secular, as well as between art and daily life. The argument is that dissolving the perceived absoluteness of these categories opens a space for introducing a vertical distinction—between creator and creation, the divine and the human. By juxtaposing these horizontal categories, art can draw the attention to this foundational relationship.
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