Anglosakšu Unitāriešu Identitāšu Transformācijas 20. Un 21. Gs: Transformation of British and American Unitarian identities in the 20th un 21st centuries.
The aim of this article is to provide an analysis of transformations of British and American Unitarian movements from the 19th up to the 21st century. This period is characterized by the shift from the theological framework of liberal Christianity grounded in the Enlightenment paradigm to humanist a...
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| Language: | Latvian |
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LU Akadēmiskais apgāds
2016
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Cel̜š
Year: 2016, Issue: 66, Pages: 97-122 |
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| Summary: | The aim of this article is to provide an analysis of transformations of British and American Unitarian movements from the 19th up to the 21st century. This period is characterized by the shift from the theological framework of liberal Christianity grounded in the Enlightenment paradigm to humanist approach and perspectives taken from various religions. In liturgical life it means adoption of rituals and festivals borrowed from different religions, giving a new shape to the traditional Christian rites (flower communion and water communion instead of the Communion with elements of wine and bread), more intense involvement in inter-religious dialogue. Issues of identity are important for Unitarians - there are those who still define themselves as a part of the tradition that has roots in the Radical Reformation and the Enlightenment rationalism and those who do not see themselves as Christians anymore. The challenge is how to respond to the process of secularization and to the currents of post- Christian culture. Some of the growing Unitarian congregations show that the liberal versions of religion are able to mobilize people around a common cause. There is no universal key to the growth, solutions depend on the local context (for example, whether Unitarians have competitors in the liberal segment of religion), however, building up communities of faith that involve people in all possible ways and having a vision of what they are doing has proved to be a way forward for many Unitarian congregations. |
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