Kirche der Freiheit and A Systems Theory Of Church

IF 0.1 4区 哲学 0 RELIGION
Jiří Bochez
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The article deals with our understanding of ongoing reform processes taking place in the German and Czech churches, specifically the protestant ones. Are we ready to overcome the stress connected with too much uncertainty? Congregations, like human beings, live between the polarities of order and freedom. The tension between these two polarities gives birth to a renewal. Thinking systematically means seeing the multiplicity of factors and search for causation in a given environment. Acting systematically means seeing opportunities, creating mental models and influencing the environment. There may be historic tensions and group‘s dynamics leading to a permanent conflict. There may be too much liberalism leading to the vague picture of one‘s identity. There may be too much responsibility carried by a few people working voluntarily. There may be too much orthodoxy closing itself in the system of “eternal truths.” We introduce a Systems Theory of Church that takes into account a struggle between the use of traditional instruments used to describe self-reference of the church (ecclesiology) and the use of management tools in the church in recent years, and combine this with the Luhmann‘ s Theory of Social Systems. We propose in the text a theory that takes seriously a language of one of the leading social theories, adapt it to the theological context in order to apply it to a new communication strategy. The language we use is not innocent; it creates its own reality. We cannot grow against the trend. But doing things right as well as doing right things – it is all about “planting, growing and taking care” with patience. A hermeneutic circle, a semantic triangle and a communication model embody a “creation view” can helps us to see the whole picture again.
自由与教会系统理论
这篇文章涉及我们对德国和捷克教会,特别是新教正在进行的改革进程的理解。我们准备好克服与太多不确定性相关的压力了吗?会众和人类一样,生活在秩序和自由的两极之间。这两种极性之间的紧张关系催生了一种更新。系统地思考意味着在给定的环境中看到因素的多样性并寻找原因。系统地行动意味着看到机会,创造心理模型,影响环境。历史上的紧张局势和集团的动态可能会导致永久冲突。可能有太多的自由主义导致了一个人身份的模糊画面。少数自愿工作的人可能承担了太多的责任。可能有太多的正统观念将自己封闭在“永恒真理”的体系中。我们引入了一种教会系统理论,该理论考虑了近年来在使用传统工具来描述教会的自我参照(教会学)和使用教会管理工具之间的斗争,并将其与鲁曼的社会系统理论相结合。我们在文中提出了一种理论,认真对待一种主流社会理论的语言,将其适应神学语境,以便将其应用于一种新的沟通策略。我们使用的语言不是无辜的;它创造了自己的现实。我们不能逆势增长。但是,做正确的事情和做正确的事——这一切都是关于耐心地“种植、成长和照顾”。一个解释学的圆、一个语义的三角和一个沟通的模式,体现了一种“创造观”,可以帮助我们重新看到全貌。
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