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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Autor principal:	Mihai Handaric
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Publicado:	Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad 2021
Materias:	christian identity scripture postmodernism ethics Language and Literature P Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:caa516ecd2f9424cbad254b5fb3fc3522021-11-29T08:18:45ZChristian Identity in a Secular World2067-65572247-2371https://doaj.org/article/caa516ecd2f9424cbad254b5fb3fc3522021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jhss.ro/downloads/23/articles/vol%2012%20no%201%20(23)%202021-81-89.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2067-6557https://doaj.org/toc/2247-2371This 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.Mihai HandaricEditura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu AradarticlechristianidentityscripturepostmodernismethicsLanguage and LiteraturePPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091DEENESFRROJournal of Humanistic and Social Studies, Vol XII, Iss 1, Pp 81-89 (2021)
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description	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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Christian Identity in a Secular World

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