Some elements of the relationship to the Holy as a challenge for contemporary pastoral activity

Vranješ, Nikola (author)

The pastoral activity of the Church represents a constant effort to actualize as much as possible of the determinants of the Christian concept of the Holy, which concerns the totality of the relationship to God. The Holy in the Christian milieu is understood precisely as the totality of the determinants of the Christian relationship to the divine. That is why the activity of the Church is essentially determined by the specific elements of the relationship to the Holy. These elements and determinants in today’s pastoral and socio-cultural circumstances are marked by some special emphases that represent considerable challenges and sometimes serious problems for concrete pastoral activity. This work is determined by the theological-pastoral discernment of some challenging components of contemporary Christian frameworks of the relationship to the Holy. Based on this, the influence of the mentioned elements on pastoral activity is studied. The intention with which the paper was written is reflected in the effort of theological-pastoral discernment of elements that are important for the improvement of pastoral activity today. That is why part of the main goal of the research is to point out some distorted concepts and experiences of the Holy in contemporary cultural and pastoral contexts. At the same time, the paper tries to promote a correct attitude towards the Holy and following the more mature living of faith.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Holy, secularism, pastoral activity, individualism, syncretism, culture, modernity
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 377-389
• Numbering: Letn. 84, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-188970
• UDC: 27-46
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2024/02/Vranjes
• COBISS.SI-ID: 218726915
• Publication date in RUL: 30.09.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Nekateri elementi v odnosu do Svetega kot izziv za sodobno pastoralno dejavnost

Abstract

Pastoralna dejavnost Cerkve predstavlja njeno nenehno prizadevanje, da bi čim bolj udejanjila določila krščanskega pojma Svetega, ki zadeva celovitost odnosa do Boga. Sveto v krščanskem okolju razumemo prav kot celoto determinant krščanskega odnosa do Božjega. Dejavnost Cerkve zato bistveno določajo posebne prvine odnosa do Svetega. Te prvine in determinante v današnjih pastoralnih in družbeno-kulturnih okoliščinah zaznamujejo nekateri posebni poudarki, ki za konkretno pastoralno dejavnost predstavljajo precejšnje izzive in včasih tudi resne težave. To delo določa teološko-pastoralno razločevanje nekaterih zahtevnih sestavin sodobnih krščanskih okvirov odnosa do Svetega. Na podlagi tega je proučen vpliv omenjenih elementov na pastoralno dejavnost. Prispevek je nastal iz prizadevanja za teološko-pastoralno razločevanje elementov, ki so pomembni za izboljšanje pastoralne dejavnosti danes. Zato je eden temeljnih ciljev raziskave opozoriti na nekatere izkrivljene koncepte in izkušnje Svetega v sodobnih kulturnih in pastoralnih kontekstih. Hkrati skuša prispevek spodbujati k pravilnemu odnosu do Svetega in zvestejšemu doživljanju vere.

• Keywords: Sveto, pastoralna dejavnost, individualizem, sinkretizem, kultura, modernizem