Christian Eschatology, Secular Eschatology, Peace and the Modern Conflicts
Christianity laid at the foundation of European civilization values incompatible with violence and war. The Church has emerged in history as an eschatologically oriented community, with Jesus Christ at its centre, who is both the origin and the perfect goal of the Church. However, modern times have...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Lateranum
Year: 2023, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 653-665 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CG Christianity and Politics KAA Church history NBQ Eschatology NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
secular religions
B religioni secolari B reace B Pace B Escatologia B conflitti moderni B modern conflicts B Eschatology |
| Summary: | Christianity laid at the foundation of European civilization values incompatible with violence and war. The Church has emerged in history as an eschatologically oriented community, with Jesus Christ at its centre, who is both the origin and the perfect goal of the Church. However, modern times have seen outbreaks of violence of an unprecedented intensity and extent in the form of revolutions and wars. The present paper places the origin of this modern escalation of violence precisely on the repudiation of Christianity, the secularisation of Christian values and the emergence of a type of secular eschatology and secular political religions that have renounced those Christian values on which Euro-Atlantic civilisation was built. Il cristianesimo ha posto a fondamento della civiltà europea valori incompatibili con la violenza e la guerra. La Chiesa è emersa nella storia come una comunità orientata escatologicamente, con al centro Gesù Cristo, che ne è al tempo stesso l'origine e il fine perfetto. Tuttavia, i tempi moderni hanno visto scoppi di violenza di intensità ed estensione senza precedenti, sotto forma di rivoluzioni e guerre. Il presente lavoro colloca l'origine di questa moderna crescita di violenza proprio nel ripudio del cristianesimo, nella secolarizzazione dei valori cristiani e nell'emergere di un tipo di escatologia secolare e di religioni politiche secolari che hanno rinunciato a quei valori cristiani su cui era stata costruita la civiltà euro-atlantica. |
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| ISSN: | 1010-7215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Lateranum
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