In the church of civil society

2004 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
The Church

Politische Kultur und Rechtsbewußtsein in Ostdeutschland-Folgen der Diktatur

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Ehrhart Neubert
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
East Germany ◽  
The State ◽  
State Law ◽  
Constitutional State ◽  
Politische Kultur ◽  
State Grants ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
The Church

Abstract The author examines the consequences of dictatorship upon the conciousness of law and justice in the postsocialist society of East-Germany. This society and even the Church are characterized by a moralizing thinking of justice- according to the German tradition of paternalistic state: the state grants justice and represents community. Ever after theseGermans regard themselves as inferiors, who want to get adjusted into a disciplined order. This leeds to disappointments and radical criticism of the democratic constitutional state. Law is not able to realize ultimatejustice. For the aceptance ofthe constitutional state it will be necessary to restore civil society and overcome a fundamentalistic criticism of civilisation.

Reformation und politisch-gesellschaftliche Emanzipation

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Oberdorfer
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Priesthood Of All Believers ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Church ◽  
Modern Sense

AbstractThe relevance of the reformation for the development of modern liberty rights is much debated. Although the Protestant Reformers fought for the »Freedom of a Christian« against religious patronization, they were not tolerant in a modern sense of the term. However, the Reformation released long-term impulses which contributed to the origin and formation of a modern civil society, e. g. the respect for the autonomy of the individual over against the church, the passion for education, the emphasis on the »universal priesthood of all believers«, and the appreciation of civil professions. Long historical learning processes were necessary, though, until the Protestant churches acknowledged and adopted modern liberty rights, a participatory democracy and a pluralistic society as genuine forms of expression of a Protestant ethos.

Kritik an Opfer-Diskursen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Mierzwa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Class Society ◽  
The Church

There is a lust for being a victim. This makes it easy to forget many actual victims. And there is a class society of victims. As a result, many victims are insufficiently appreciated, for example the victims of climate change. Based on a critique of contemporary victim discourses, the book explores new perspectives of solidarity in our society. It asks, for example, how the solidarity work of the church, civic councils and civil society is doing, and looks for ways to anchor solidarity in society beyond class boundaries.

End of life and dimensions of civil society: The Church of Sweden in a new geography of death

Mortality ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Jeppsson Grassman ◽  
Anna Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Church Of Sweden ◽  
New Geography ◽  
The Church

Relocating Civil Society: Theories and Practices of Civil Society between Late Medieval and Modern Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten F. Van Dijck ◽  
Bert De Munck ◽  
Nicholas Terpstra
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Voluntary Associations ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Associational Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civic Virtues ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Church

Civil society is widely considered as a crucial element in contemporary society. Academics and policy makers have traditionally associated it with voluntary associations and organizations, assuming that associational life is an ideal intermediary between citizens and government. While members of associations form large social networks, which they can mobilize at critical moments, the conviviality of group sociability fosters the development of a set of common values, such as a democratic political culture and other civic virtues. Its origins are generally situated in the eighteenth century, and are mostly attributed to secularization, Enlightenment thinking, the birth of the “public sphere,” and growing emancipation from oppressive structures such as the church and the state.

scholarly journals Historicizing the Left: A Review of Michał Siermiński "Dekada Przełomu: polska lewica opozycyjna 1968-1980", Warszawa: Książka i Prasa 2016 [Historyzowanie lewicy. Recenzja książki Michała Siermińskiego "Dekada przełomu. Polska lewica opozycyjna 1968–1980", Warszawa: Książka i Prasa 2016]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ost
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
The Self ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The Church

Historicizing the Left: A Review of Michał Siermiński "Dekada Przełomu: polska lewica opozycyjna 1968-1980", Warszawa: Książka i Prasa 2016This review of Michał Siermiński Dekada przełomu: Polska lewica opozycyjna 1968–1980 [Transformative Decade: The Polish Oppositionist Left 1968–1980] critiques the author’s focus on ideas by offering a class-based understanding of the changes in Polish oppositionist politics, makes a case for the leftism of the “Civil Society” program of the 1970s, and argues that the old oppositionists’ discussions of the Church and “nation” were not violations of leftism but a way to frame the left so as to make it more acceptable to more people. The left faces very different tasks and problems now than it did in the 1970s or 1980s, which explains why Siermiński could write such a left-wing critique today. Yet while his book is extremely valuable, and the present left does certainly need a new program, it could still use some of the self-governing ideas of the 1970s in its current struggle against neoliberalism. Historyzowanie lewicy. Recenzja książki Michała Siermińskiego Dekada przełomu. Polska lewica opozycyjna 1968–1980, Warszawa: Książka i Prasa 2016Niniejsza recenzja książki Michała Siermińskiego Dekada przełomu: Polska lewica opozycyjna 1968–1980 poddaje krytyce nacisk położony przez autora na idee, dowodząc, że zmiany w poglądach politycznych polskiej opozycji należy postrzegać w perspektywie klasowej, projekt „społeczeństwa obywatelskiego” z lat siedemdziesiątych był w swojej istocie lewicowy, a dyskusje na temat Kościoła i „narodu” nie oznaczały zerwania z lewicowością, tylko ujęcie jej w ramy bardziej akceptowalne dla większości. Przed lewicą stoją dziś zupełnie inne zadania i problemy niż w latach siedemdziesiątych czy osiemdziesiątych XX wieku, co tłumaczy, dlaczego Siermiński mógł obecnie napisać tego rodzaju lewicową krytykę i dlaczego krytyka ta jest tak wartościowa. Jednakże choć współczesnej lewicy z pewnością potrzebny jest nowy program, może ona wykorzystać pewne idee z lat siedemdziesiątych w walce z neoliberalizmem.

Kirche und Zivilgesellschaft – Reformatorische Impulse und Gestaltungsaufgabe der Kirchen in Europa

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-30
Author(s):  
Sándor Fazakas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Special Responsibilities ◽  
Contextual Definition ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Church

Abstract. Church and Civil Society – Impulses of Reformed Theology and the Role of the Churches in Shaping Europe. This contribution seeks to answer the role religions and churches, especially the Reformed churches, could play in developing and consolidating civil society and democracy. This study will examine the role of the Church in the Central and Eastern European social and political contexts. Therefore, we will first make an overview of the specifics of this phenomenon in the context of the region's recent history. Then we will look for the normative and substantive meanings of the term for the present going beyond its contextual definition. Finally, we will take note of the impulses of Reformed theology that can contribute to the strengthening of civil society and democratic culture. Will we do this in the context of the particular approach of Reformed theology, in the theological context of the threefold offices (triplex munus) of Christ. The Church, which shares in the royal, priestly and prophetic offices of Christ, shall assume special responsibilities in the life of the society following the threefold ministry of his Lord. In social and diaconal service, the Church must offer new, innovative solutions that promote quality of life (royal office) by working for a culture of reconciliation and compassion. The Church can move from the interior life of piety into the social sphere (priestly office), and through self-criticism and sober social critique, it can advocate for those most disadvantaged by political, economic and social processes (prophetic office). This paper is an edited version of a presentation given at the 2018 German-Hungarian Reformed Theological Conference in Soest, Westphalia. The author attended this conference with an esteemed colleague Béla S. Visky, and now dedicates this paper to him with much appreciation and love on his 60th birthday. Keywords: civil society, contextuality of churches, reconciliation, advocacy, threefold offices of Christ

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