Budiselić, Ervin (2014) Christian Witness for the 21st Century: Contemporary, yet Orthodox and Radical. Bogoslovni vestnik, 74 (3). pp. 399-412. ISSN 1581-2987
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Christianity is a religion of witness, and in our contemporary world Christian witness is faced with secularist and postmodernist societies that do not accept religious claims as valid and normative. Hence, the purpose of this article is to analyze how and in what way the exclusivist claims of Christian religion can and should be proclaimed in the societies that reject the ultimate truth and consider more relevant concepts as relativism, pluralism and others. The article compares some aspects of the New Testament concept of witness, which has the message and the messenger at its centre, with the approach defined as a socio-theological one, which puts the recipients of the witness at its centre. Based on this comparison the article concludes that although Christian witness must be offered in the form of a contemporary and respectful dialogue, the radicalism of Christian message cannot be avoided if we want our witness to remain orthodox.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Christian Witness, Socio-Theological Approach, Dialogue, Pluralism, Kingdom of God |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory B Mission theology/theory > Mission-Biblical teaching B Mission theology/theory > Evangelism/Proclamation of Gospel D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries Balkan countries > Croatia |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2021 17:05 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2021 17:05 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2288 |
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