Creation or Kingdom serves for the context of the imago Dei and of ’Menschenbild’? Can we perceive creation as a whole in which symbol and reality are conjoined, or we should propose rather that symbol and the Kingdom of God are conjoined? Can we understand not the real, but the Kingdom as an entity which actualizes itself through the symbolic? Isn’t true that imitatio Christi is not about imitating Christ, but following Christ in his own ’body-context’?
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Lelkipásztorként a Bonus Pastor Alapítványát és Református Mentő Misszióját vezetője közel három évtizede. A Kolozsvári Protestáns Teológiai Intézetben a lelkigondozás terén a motivációs interjú (MI) módszertanát és missziológiát oktat. Kutatásai homlokterében a teológia relációs etikai és egzisztenciálfilozófiai vetületei és összefüggései állnak. Mindezt a gyakorlati teológia kontextuális lelkigondozói praxisában vizsgálja, elsőbbséget adva az evidencia-alapú kutatásnak. Luther nyomán a theologia crucist vallja, nem mint egy teológiai irányzatot, hanem mint teológiai habitust.
The revitalization of the Reformed Church in Timișoara under Pastor László Tőkés illustrates the role of religious renewal as a catalyst for political revolution. Amid systemic repression by the Ceaușescu regime, Tőkés fostered spiritual and civic awakening, transforming a marginalized community into a center of resistance. This case highlights how religious institutions, through revitalization and community mobilization, can act as agents of profound political change.
Interwar Romania mostly ignored the Reformed Church, but after 1945 the regime branded it subversive, nationalized its schools and charities, and forced leaders to balance collaboration with covert resistance. Under tight surveillance clergy kept Hungarian identity alive through small acts of defiance; pastor László Tőkés’ refusal to yield his Timișoara pulpit ignited the 1989 revolution. Therefore, the Church’s story is central to understanding how Romanian society outlasted totalitarian rule.
No holy book has ever given rise to, let alone provided the basis for, any conflict, let alone war. However, although war and religion have always been extremely contradictory phenomena, they have been able to intertwine and support each other countless times. Every religion, regardless of the content of its teachings, becomes completely identical to all other religions when it enters into the dangerous game of inciting, justifying, or serving politics.
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