Identity of Ecclesiastical Lay Movements: Spirituality, Community and Communitarian Civic Involvement

Bahovec, Igor (2009) Identity of Ecclesiastical Lay Movements: Spirituality, Community and Communitarian Civic Involvement. Bogoslovni vestnik, 69 (4). pp. 447-460. ISSN 1581-2987

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Abstract

In recent decades, social theory has seen a renewed interest in the community. The communitarian movement has shown that community life is not only important for the private life of its members, but also plays an irreplaceable role for the proper functioning of social and political lives. Specifically, the communitarians have emphasized the role of civil associations and characteristics of a genuine community. In the same period and even several decades earlier, a series of new ecclesiastical lay movements, communities and associations arose in the Church. The paper analyzes common elements of the identity of lay movements, as reflected in the case of some Slovenian associations and movements. The attention is then focused on the public and civil operation of the movements and their members. The following aspects are important: what is the attitude of a movement to public action; does the public action concern the individuals or the whole movement, and in what ways do the movements provide support to their active members?

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Laity, Community, Lay Movements, Communitarianism, Identity
Subjects: B Mission theology/theory
B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues
B Mission theology/theory > Spirituality
B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation
D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe
G Christian traditions/Denominations > Roman Catholic
H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe
Divisions: Balkan countries
Balkan countries > Slovenia
Depositing User: Speranca Tomin
Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2021 15:13
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2021 15:13
URI: https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2284

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