{"title":"Guidelines for the Future of Evangelical Christianity in Croatia","authors":"Stanko Jambrek","doi":"10.32862/k.16.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the future of evangelical Christianity in Croatia. Together with analyzing the existing spiritual state, the author offers five key guidelines. He believes that their application in the everyday life of believers and churches of the Reformation heritage can accomplish the future God has prepared, and which he empowers and determines. For a biblically fruitful and God-pleasing future, local church and denomination leadership should adopt biblical guidelines and as soon as possible begin the appropriate processes to include God’s creative activity in Croatia: 1) perspective on life; 2) God’s authority in the life of a believer and the church; 3) discipleship that manifests itself in service; 4) training spiritual leaders on all levels of service to God; 5) efficient leadership system. Together with every guideline, the author suggests and explains processes belonging to it. Thinking about the future of evangelical Christianity in Croatia is focused on the consideration of God’s Word in the context of spiritual, social, and cultural reality in which evangelical Christians live and co-create with God.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74432312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In His Image","authors":"Lidija Ušurel","doi":"10.32862/k.16.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"Jedno od klasičnih pomagala u kršćanskoj teološkoj antropologiji pri bavljenju složenošću ljudskog identiteta koncept je Imago Dei. Pristupajući konceptu holistički, istražujući strukturalne, biheviorističke, teleološke, zajedničke i gostoljubive perspektive, članak tvrdi da se u središtu koncepta Imago Dei nalazi relacijski dizajn koji je Bog Stvoritelj nakanio za čovječanstvo – njegova remek-djela. Teološki uvidi izvučeni iz relacijskog nauka o Trojstvu, kako ih vidimo u shvaćanju J. Moltmanna, W. Pannenberga, J. Zizioulasa, M. Volfa i D. Augustine, primjenjuju se na antropološku dimenziju postojanja, otkrivajući što znači biti ljudsko biće stvoreno na Božju sliku. Na kraju, koncept Imago Dei shvaća se kao nešto što nema samo razvojnu, nego također suštinski transformacijsku funkciju.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85647213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Na njegovu sliku","authors":"Lidija Ušurel","doi":"10.32862/k1.16.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k1.16.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"One of the classic tools in Christian theological anthropology for dealing with the intricacies of human identity is the Imago Dei concept. Approaching the concept holistically, by exploring the structural, behavioral, teleological, communal, and hospitality perspectives, this article asserts that at the very core of Imago Dei is a relational design that the Creator God had in mind for humanity – his opera Magna. Theological insights drawn from the relational doctrine of Trinity, as revealed in the comprehension of J. Moltmann, W. Pannenberg, J. Zizioulas, M. Volf, and D. Augustine, are applied to the anthropological dimension of existence, unveiling what it means to be a human being made in the image of God. In the end, Imago Dei is perceived to have not only a developmental but also a fundamentally transformative function.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87488347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smjernice za budućnost evanđeoskoga kršćanstva u Hrvatskoj","authors":"Stanko Jambrek","doi":"10.32862/k1.16.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k1.16.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"U članku se raspravlja o budućnosti evanđeoskoga kršćanstva u Hrvatskoj. Uz analizu postojećeg duhovnog stanja autor nudi pet ključnih smjernica za koje smatra da primijenjene u svakodnevnom životu vjernika i crkava reformacijske baštine mogu ostvariti budućnost koju je Bog pripremio, koju osnažuje i određuje. Za biblijski plodonosnu i Bogu ugodnu budućnost vodstvo lokalnih crkava i denominacija trebalo bi usvojiti biblijske smjernice i što prije pokrenuti njima sukladne duhovne procese kojima bi se uključilo u Božje stvaralačko djelovanje u Hrvatskoj. Smjernice obuhvaćaju: 1) perspektivu na život; 2) Božji autoritet u vjernikovu životu i životu Crkve; 3) učeništvo koje se očituje u služenju; 4) obučavanje duhovnih vođa na svim razinama služenja Bogu; 5) učinkovit sustav vodstva. Uz svaku smjernicu autor predlaže i obrazlaže njoj pripadajuće procese. Promišljanje o budućnosti evanđeoskog kršćanstva u Hrvatskoj usmjereno je na razmatranja Riječi Božje u kontekstu duhovne, društvene i kulturne stvarnosti u kojoj evanđeoski kršćani žive i sustvaraju s Bogom.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"162 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89963690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Propovijedanje u liturgijskom kontekstu","authors":"Enoh Šeba","doi":"10.32862/k1.16.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k1.16.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Preaching or service of the Word represents a significant part of every liturgy or worship which is why this liturgical context is worth closer examination. In this paper, this issue is addressed through an overview of other contexts that, together with liturgy, shape the dynamics of preaching: historical, pastoral, and theological contexts. What follows is an analysis of four models of worship structure that differ in the way preaching relates to other elements of worship – Word and table as complementary (Roman Catholic perspective), Word and table as complementary (Protestant perspective), Word as the center of worship, and Word as a catalyst. The account of each model presents the key arguments used to support this particular understanding of preaching, the crucial features of the proclamation of the Word, its most significant hallmarks, as well as its main advantages and disadvantages. Toward the end of the paper, the author suggests an additional model, partly endorsed by the findings of his empirical research. According to this model, preaching can be perceived as a space of freedom, surprise, deliverance, and change within the wider liturgical environment as a space of security, stability, order, and identity affirmation. In conclusion, it is suggested that our understanding of preaching is enriched every time we manage to lift our eyes above the limitations of our church traditions and personal experiences, and that study of the liturgical context serves as a good choice for the beginning of such research.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89344310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metaphorization of Space in Biblical Psalms","authors":"Danijel Berković, B. Beck","doi":"10.32862/k.16.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"This work examines conceptual metaphors of space in biblical Psalms and in relation to the psalmist’s personal emotive and theological message which the psalmodic text intends to convey. Language of space and motion is in so many ways crucial for human existential as well as a religious experience. The psalmist reveals and presents his complex existential as well as his theological challenges through a set of conceptual metaphors of space. Orientational metaphors form a specific mental space where the antipodes of up/down and left/right enable the psalmist to express himself in spiritual terms as well. For the biblical psalmist situations of his disorientation are fairly frequent, whether caused by feelings of his sins or social injustices. After all, he yearns for a moral and spiritual re-orientation. While the Euclidean space is homogeneous, in that space biblical psalmist experiences discontinuity for certain parts of this imaginary space is qualitatively different. Namely, the divisions of such non-Euclidean space rest qualitatively on the division between the sacred and the profane. For the psalmist, such division of space rests on some key terms, such as Temple, Heaven, and Underworld. This is followed by the orientational metaphors as up/down. God is up (heavens), man is down below (earth). In eschatological terms, it is the sovereign heavenly judge who will act upon the dividing between the good and the evil ones, between the left and the right, on the horizontal plane. Since that which is above is better than that which is below and underneath, so is the right side better than that which is on the left.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82000737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Providence","authors":"Beneamin Mocan","doi":"10.32862/k.16.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Karl Barth’s treatment of the doctrine of creation and providence centers on Jesus Christ, being thus a critique of natural theology, showing its limitations. The article will display Barth’s Christo-centrism throughout his entire thinking regarding the providence of God. Moreover, the paper will show the implications of his thinking. Barth’s peculiar approach to the doctrine of providence enables him to address the most pressing problems of human existence: human suffering, human limitations, fear, death, and evil. The article does not offer a critical analysis of Barth’s theological construction of the doctrine of providence but aims at describing it as faithfully as possible, being thus a mirror, by which one could evaluate her theology in this regard.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74710158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Notion of Blood in the Old Testament","authors":"Dalibor Kraljik","doi":"10.32862/k.16.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Središnji pojam kojim se bavi ovaj članak jest pojam krvi i njezina uloga, značenje i značaj u Starome zavjetu. Autor se bavi pitanjem kako je moguće da je krv u pojedinom starozavjetnom kontekstu sredstvo čišćenja ili posvećenja, a u nekom pak drugom kontekstu tvar koja onečišćuje ili oskvrnjuje, te nudi odgovor na to pitanje na dvije razine. Na prvoj razini svoje teze smatra da je kontekst funkcioniranja krvi ustvari propisan od Boga dok na drugoj razini, nastojeći ponuditi objašnjenje navedene tvrdnje, iznosi argumentaciju kako se kod krvi radi o svojevrsnoj dihotomiji života i smrti gdje krv kada ultimativno predstavlja život funkcionira kao sredstvo koje čisti i posvećuje dok tamo gdje ultimativno predstavlja smrt postaje tvar koja onečišćuje ili oskvrnjuje. Kako bi potkrijepio svoju tezu, autor daje tumačenje i iznosi zaključke o teološkim implikacijama pojedinih starozavjetnih tekstova i pripadajućih primjera koji na to ukazuju. Članak je podijeljen na dva osnovna dijela te je tako u prvome dijelu predstavljen pojam krvi u Starome zavjetu kroz teme odnosa krvi i života, zabrane blagovanja krvi te mjestu krvi u starozavjetnome žrtvenome sustavu. U drugom dijelu analiziraju se pojedini starozavjetni primjeri kojima se daje prikaz krvi koja čisti i posvećuje, odnosno krvi koja onečišćuje i oskvrnjuje.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74481282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preaching in a Liturgical Context","authors":"Enoh Šeba","doi":"10.32862/k.16.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Propovijedanje ili služba Riječi predstavlja značajan dio svake liturgije ili bogoslužja, pa stoga vrijedi pobliže proučiti upravo taj liturgijski kontekst. Autor toj zadaći pristupa tako što najprije donosi prikaz ostalih konteksta koji zajedno s liturgijom uvelike oblikuju dinamiku propovijedanja, a to su redom povijesni, pastoralni i teološki kontekst. Slijedi analiza četiriju modela ustroja bogoslužja koji se međusobno razlikuju po načinu kako se propovijed odnosi prema ostalim sastavnicama bogoslužja – nadopunjavanje Riječi i stola (rimokatolički pogled), nadopunjavanje Riječi i stola (protestantski pogled), Riječ kao središte bogoslužja i Riječ kao katalizator. Prikaz svakog modela sadrži ključne argumente u prilog takvom razumijevanju propovijedanja, najbitnije odlike navještaja Riječi i glavne obrise odgovarajuće liturgije, kao i njegove prednosti i nedostatke. Pri kraju rada autor iznosi i dodatni model, djelomično potkrijepljen rezultatima vlastitoga empirijskog istraživanja, prema kojemu je propovijedanje moguće promatrati kao prostor slobode, iznenađenja, izbavljenja i promjene unutar šireg okruženja liturgije kao prostora sigurnosti, stabilnosti, reda i potvrde identiteta. U zaključku se predlaže da se razumijevanje propovijedanja obogaćuje kad god uspijemo pogled podići iznad ograničenja vlastitih crkvenih tradicija i osobnih iskustava, a proučavanje liturgijskoga konteksta dobar je izbor za početak takvog istraživanja.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84866350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crkva kao sud","authors":"Ervin Budiselić","doi":"10.32862/k1.15.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32862/k1.15.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"U Novome zavjetu, Crkva je opisana raznim slikama, a ovaj članak ukazuje na to kako jedna od slika Crkve, koja je implicitno prisutna u Novome zavjetu, jest slika Crkve kao „suda“ ili „zajednice suđenja“. To se može tvrditi zbog toga što, prije svega, Jahve – Bog Biblije – je Stvoritelj, Kralj i Sudac. To znači kako je Jahvina zajednica, u skladu s Njegovim otkrivenjem, dužna održavati čistoću svojih članova u svim aspektima života. Drugo, u Novome zavjetu nalazimo primjere gdje Crkva funkcionira kao sud. No pitanje je podržava li biblijska zapovijed o „dvama ili trima svjedocima“ također tvrdnju da bi Crkva trebala djelovati kao sud?\u0000Svrha je ovog članka identificirati mjesta na kojima se pojavljuje zapovijed o „dvama ili trima svjedocima“, pratiti njezin razvoj i vidjeti kakvu ulogu i mjesto ima u Crkvi. Time bismo pokazali da je prisutnost ove odredbe u Novom zavjetu dodatni dokaz kako bismo na Crkvu ponekad trebali gledati kao na „sud“. Prvi dio članka objašnjava kako je kontekst za koncept svjedočenja Mojsijev savez te on ujedno predstavlja i temeljnu postavku koja upravlja zapovijedi o „dvama ili trima svjedocima“. Drugi dio članka analizira pojavu i korištenje ove zapovijedi u Starome zavjetu. Treći dio članka utvrđuje kako je Crkva uistinu zajednica koja sudi i ta se tvrdnja temelji na promatranju odabranih primjera iz Novog zavjeta koji nam pokazuju da Crkva ponekad djeluje kao sud te praćenjem razvoja odredbe o „dvama ili trima svjedocima“ u Novom zavjetu. Na kraju, na temelju poduzetog istraživanja, članak završava refleksijom i zaključkom.","PeriodicalId":91167,"journal":{"name":"Revista Kairos : gerontologia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74415156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：