Keeping the Tensions: The Path to an Open, Inviting, Communicative, and Responsible Practice of Baptism in a Secular Society
The study deals with the difficulties and challenges being faced by the practice of baptism in contemporary secular society. Based on empirical research on the practice of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, the author argues for an open, inviting, communicative, and responsible practice of ba...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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International journal of practical theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-118 |
| Further subjects: | B
Secular Society
B Baptism B Empirical experience B Czech Republic B Protestantism B säkulare Gesellschaft B Empirical Research |
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| Summary: | The study deals with the difficulties and challenges being faced by the practice of baptism in contemporary secular society. Based on empirical research on the practice of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, the author argues for an open, inviting, communicative, and responsible practice of baptism that does not erase present tensions but deals with them creatively and situationally. The Church should take seriously the basic inclusive impulse of the Gospel while being aware of its baptismal responsibility, which consists primarily in the subsequent pastoral care of the baptised. The results of the study may inspire those who are involved in the pastoral ministry in similar contexts. Der Aufsatz präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie zur Taufpraxis der Evangelischen Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder, der größten protestantischen Kirche Tschechiens. Die Autorin entwirft eine inklusive und dialogische, dem Grundimpuls des Evangeliums verpflichtete Taufpraxis, die den säkularen Kontext Tschechiens konstruktiv aufnimmt und die seelsorglichen Aufgaben ernstnimmt, die sich erst im Anschluss an die Taufe stellen. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9768 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2022-0059 |
