Christian Identity in a Secular World
This paper intends to argue for the necessity to preserve the Christian identity in the secular world, in which the believer is called to live in. The manifestation of this identity is seen especially in the area of ethics. It is analysed the way ethics is interpreted in postmodernism and in Chri...
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2021
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| Sumario: | This paper intends to argue for the necessity to preserve the Christian
identity in the secular world, in which the believer is called to live in. The
manifestation of this identity is seen especially in the area of ethics. It is
analysed the way ethics is interpreted in postmodernism and in Christianity. On
the one hand, the postmoderns want to equalize the biblical perspective on
ethics, which supports the good and evil antithesis. Stanley Hauerwas talks
about differences between Christian and Postmodern perspective in the area of
ethics. The reader is invited to compare the two systems of moral values, and
come up with some conclusions. It is demonstrated that Christianity bases its
morality on Scripture. On the other hand, the postmodern perspective allows all
the voices in the society to support their own view. The author presents the
actual tendency to ignore the classical values, such as good and evil. There is
also a tendency to remove guilt. In this paper it is argued that from the biblical
perspective of moral antithesis is rooted in creation. The sacred text argue that
because man ignored the divine commandment from Genesis 2:16-17, he
committed a moral action with dramatic consequences for all human race. The
biblical books written by the so called “Deuteronomistic School”, are guided by
the central idea of “blessings and curses”. By doing good, man is expected to be
blessed, and by doing evil, he is expected to be punished. |
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