Civilisation, religion and epochal changes of cultures

Bahovec, Igor (author)

Recently, Western civilisation has been undergoing a period of rapid change. Changes are apparent throughout society, culture and religion. In this paper we show how various authors from different fields of science had understood such epochal changes, and that all of them point to the end of the modern era and the birth of something new. We have included contemporary authors and those who have written on this subject in previous decades (Guardini, Sorokin, Ivanov). The findings of Luckmann on the appearance of new forms of social religion also form part of this picture of major change. With respect to responses to major cultural change, we have focussed primarily on the Catholic Church. We are also interested in whether the quest for inspiration in the first millennium of Christianity can encourage a creative response to the crisis in Western culture. We have given some light on the one of several possible expressions of a ,new era‘ of Christianity.

• Language: English
• Keywords: epochal changes of culture, Middle Ages and Modern Age, social form of religion, symbol and concept, new era of Christianity, Thomas Luckmann
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2020
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: Str. 887-899
• Numbering: Letn. 80, [št.] 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163808
• UDC: 316.74:2
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2020/04/Bahovec
• COBISS.SI-ID: 44584707
• Publication date in RUL: 11.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Civilizacija, religija in epohalne spremembe kultur

Abstract

Zahodna civilizacija se v zadnjem obdobju hitro spreminja. Spremembe segajo v celoto družbe, kulture in religije. V prispevku prikažemo, kako so epohalne družbeno-kulturne spremembe razumeli avtorji različnih znanstvenih področij, ki jim je skupno izpostavljanje ugotovitve, da se je moderna doba končala in da se nahajamo na prehodu v neko novo dobo. Vključeni so sodobni avtorji in tisti, ki so o tem pisali pred desetletji (Guardini, Sorokin, Ivanov). V kontekst velikih sprememb spada tudi Luckmannova ugotovitev o pojavu nove družbene oblike religije. Glede odgovorov na velike spremembe kulture smo se osredotočili predvsem na Katoliško Cerkev. Zanima nas tudi, ali je iskanje navdiha v krščanstvu prvega tisočletja lahko spodbuda za ustvarjalno odzivanje na krizo zahodne kulture. Podali smo nekaj vidikov enega izmed možnih izrazov krščanstva ,nove dobe‘.

• Keywords: zahodna civilizacija, družbene spremembe, kulturne spremembe, sociologija religije, krščanstvo