Keynote lecture: It is deemed worthy to be considered a challenging context

The presentation starts from the following two observations, perceptions: European (and other) Christian theology and theologizing, which is most evident in the public manifestations of the churches, primarily considers European (and global) current and extraordinary social, economic, political, and historical events as contexts to which they must respond, ideally reflect upon. This approach significantly differs from the attitude outlined in the Bible, which primarily responded to religious, faith-based, intellectual, and philosophical processes. It is undoubtedly more reserved towards political, economic, and historical events by not explicitly addressing them. European Christian theology mainly considers secular contexts when formulating responses from the perspective of revelation. In this, it is strongly guided by concepts of justice and humanity. In the Bible, we primarily read theological reflections that examine the impact of contexts on the life of God's chosen people and Christian congregations (church). Their primary goal is to interpret these contexts and mitigate or alleviate their harmful influence. The presentation outlines contemporary and biblical attitudes towards contexts, compares them, and seeks theological guidelines to determine which context is worthy of being considered a challenging context and what is the theologically appropriate way of relating to this context.

Dátum és időpont: 
Wednesday, 2025, Mai 14 - 15:45