scholarly journals About the state of Ukrainian Orthodoxy

2013 ◽  
pp. 226-232
Author(s):  
Igor Isychenko
Keyword(s):  
Religious Faith ◽  
The State ◽  
Communist Society ◽  
Political Force ◽  
Decisive Influence ◽  
American Citizen ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Church

Mistakes in the assessment of the church situation in Ukraine are most often associated with an irrational decisive influence on the confessional situation of the social realities of the post-communist society. A factor that is indisputable for an American citizen is that religious faith is a personal business in Ukraine can be declared, but not seriously perceived by any political force. Moreover, traditionally atheistic parties reveal unexpected activity in confessional affairs. I do not know if they saw here, in the USA, the election racist video of the party of Progressive Socialists Natalia Vitrenko? There, the devout grandmother in the church turns to the high monk in a hood for blessing. He suddenly returns - he's black! My grandmother scowled back, and on the screen are visible titles: "Let's protect the canonical Orthodoxy!"

Coleridge's Theory of the Church in the Social Order

1934 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-299
Author(s):  
Cyril K. Gloyn
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Political Position ◽  
French Writer ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Mind ◽  
The Church

The era of the English Reform Bill of 1832 presented difficulties and dangers to both state and church. For the state it set the task of achieving a social order—of forming a new social mind—in a period when social change had destroyed the basis of custom in English life and thought. The rise and growth of mechanized industry had produced both a new working class separated from the land and the processes of production and with only its labor to sell in return for a meager livelihood, and a new industrial middle class which, finding itself excluded from the rights and privileges of the state, had set about the task of acquiring a political position comparable to its new economic status. Though the latter group secured the passage of the Reform Bill, to secure social stability was a much more difficult task. The industrial society showed itself as a divided society, described by Disraeli as “two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy … as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets,” a society in whose towns a French writer of the period could discover “nothing but masters and operatives.”

scholarly journals When is enough, enough? And what should the criminologist say?

Temida ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Nils Christie
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Penal System ◽  
State Control ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Critical Overview

In this paper, the author is trying to find the answers to questions when is enough, enough, and what is the role of the criminologists in the process of establishing the balance between the crime control carried out by the state and the civil society and its basic values. Each state can be evaluated by its penal system that reflects the crucial centers of the state control and power, conveying at the same time information about the way we are not supposed to go. Namely, the penalty, which means the infliction of pain against the accused, presents the negation of the basic ethical, moral human, civilized principles. In that way, the penalty becomes a dangerous for the society, as well as the serious obstacle for ideals of the social cohesion and assimilation. He is showing that on the examples of penal systems in several countries, such as Finland, Russia, Byelorussia and Norway, giving a critical overview of the penal system of the USA. The USA penal system is a good example of breaking off the links with the basic societal values, representing at the same time crime against people in the USA, as well as in other (European) countries due to the strong influence which the States have in this domain because of their economy power on the global plan. Bearing that in mind, the author is concluding that the criminologists should begin the analysis from another point of view: not from the offender and the criminal offence, but from the existing penal system in order to find out what kind of pain and what way of its causing would be acceptable in the certain historical, societal, and cultural context; in other words how big the penal system should be, without endangering the basic values at the same time.

scholarly journals Legal Mode of the Seal of Confession. Correlation of Secular and Canon Law

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
D V Shibaev
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Seal Of Confession ◽  
The Church

The scope of regulation of social relations associated with both secular and canon law are of great interest for the researchers. In particular, they are related to the constitutional presumption of separation of church and state. At the same time, there is the tendency of more convergence of the church with the state in matters concerning property, correlation of church and secular education, etc. Implementing the mode of limited information access, the subjects of which are the clergy, is also a sphere of common interest for the state and the church. The use of the comparative - legal research methods, methods of analysis and synthesis of the situation have made it possible to relate the norms of canon and secular law, and identify elements of their relations. The main purpose of the paper is the comprehensive research of the seal of the confessional, its conceptual apparatus, regulation, judicial practice, forms and types of responsibility for its violation. This paper examines the historical aspects of the formation of the seal of confession, starting with the Spiritual Regulations and up to modern ecclesiastical and secular norms. It indicates the specifics of the Spiritual Regulations, which excluded the absolute inviolability of the seal of the confessional, provided the information is related to the security of higher officials. The paper also deals with the legal framework of the seal of the confessional, being a professional religious mystery as well as the legal mode and a form of the information limited in access. With reference to the Basics of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church the requirements for a priest how to qualify the information told by his parishioner. The article contains some features of the seal of the confession practice abroad, particularly in Germany and the USA. Occasionally, US law provides for the circumstances where the communication of the clergy and their parishioners should remain confidential. There is, however, the requirement compelling the priest to report where protection of children is involved. The jurisprudence support the rules regulating the seal of confession. Three relevant cases have been studied by the authors and they highlight the separation of secular and religious laws.

Monasteries, Society, Economy, and the State in the Byzantine Empire

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-167
Author(s):  
Kostis Smyrlis
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
Substantial Role ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Church

The chapter provides an overview of the social, political, and economic functions of Byzantine monasteries from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Relations between monasteries and the state, the Church, and lay society were complex. The monks received donations and protection in exchange for various spiritual and material services. The great landowning monasteries engaged in large-scale agrarian production and trade, and they played a substantial role in local and regional economies. Finally, the chapter addresses the fate and significance of monasteries in the long period of crisis that began in the middle of the fourteenth century and ended with the replacement of the Byzantine by the Ottoman Empire.

scholarly journals Karl Barth’s definition of church in politics and culture: Growth points for the church in South Africa

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wessel Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Church And State ◽  
The State ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Question ◽  
Relationship History ◽  
Culture Growth ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

The article describes briefly Karl Barth’s views on church, its role in politics and how it relates to culture. This is done by identifying the way in which the church participates in the social realm through its relationship with the State. The historic religious question asks whether there is a natural mutual-determining relationship between church and State. The church may ask whether faith and politics should mix, while a secular state may question the authority which the church claims to speak from. To a large extent culture determ-ines the bias in this relationship. History has shown that church-State dynamics is not an either/or relationship, whereby either the authority of the church or the authority of the State should function as the ruling norm. Karl Barth describes the dynamics of this relationship very well, within the context of culture, in the way his faith engages with the political status quo. Once the relationship is better understood, Barth’s definition of the church will prove to be more effective in its evangelical voice, speaking to those who guide its citizens through political power. “Fürchtet Gott, ehret den König!” (1 Pt 2:17)

Thinking socially: why it matters

Theology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-284
Author(s):  
Sean Cathie
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
The State ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Church Membership ◽  
Effective Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

This article argues that a failure to draw on social and contextual perspectives, in both pastoral care and theological reflection, is behind failures in effective practice and theological reflection. This is demonstrated by reference to the clergy’s experience of pastoral care and some recent examples of theological reflection on the state of the Church today. Missing in both cases is reference to the social and contextual consequences of the catastrophic decline in church membership of the ‘long 1960s’. It is suggested that ignoring these factors reflects the impact of the decline.

scholarly journals Migration of Local Landholders in the State of the Teutonic Order between the 1280s and 1370s

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Denisov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social System ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Grand Duchy Of Lithuania ◽  
New Community ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
Further Development ◽  
The Church

This article considers the incorporation of Prussians, Sudovians, and Scalovians who migrated to territories which were not theirs originally, into the social system of the State of the Teutonic Order between the 1280s and 1370s. The author examines the main aspects of this issue, i.e. property status and duties of migrants, with reference to data from 41 acts granted to them by the Order and the church, and the Chronicles written by Peter of Dusburg and Caspar Shuetz. The study of these data with the help of the prosopographical and historical and comparative methods makes it possible to determine the main directions of migration, number of migrants, size, and composition of their property and duties performed in relation to the Order and the church. The main regions for migration were Sambia and Pomesania, receiving 5 144 out of 5 166 persons. The choice of the regions was caused by the lack of local farmers that was the result of the devastation committed during the struggle of Prussians, Scalovians, and Sudovians with the expansion of the Order between 1260s and 1280s. Another reason was the remoteness of Sambia and Pomesania from the migrants’ native lands and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. On the one hand, it prevented possible union between the settlers and the Lithuanian rulers and, on the other hand, fostered communication between the migrants and the Order which guaranteed the former status in the new community. The incorporation of Prussians, Scalovians, and Sudovians was carried out by granting them fief or locator’s office and implied the definition of their rights and duties similar to those enjoyed by the local inhabitants. The migrants served in the military, paid taxes, had jurisdiction over their peasants, added unclaimed lands to their property, received permission to fish in the nearby waters, etc. These features testify to the successful incorporation of migrants into the new social system that contributed to a further development of the State of the Teutonic Order.

scholarly journals ¿Acción social católica o intervención social estatal? El rol del Estado en la resolución de la Cuestión Social según la Iglesia Católica chilena a inicios del siglo XX

2018 ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Karin Sánchez Manríquez
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
The State ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The Church

ResumenEl objetivo de este artículo es analizar el desarrollo del pensamiento católico chileno sobre el rol del Estado para enfrentar la Cuestión Social a principios del siglo XX. Se argumenta que la Iglesia Católica chilena le daba al Estado un rol secundario en la solución de la Cuestión Social. Pese a reconocer la necesidad de establecer normativas legales para solucionar los problemas entre patrones y obreros, la realización de obras en favor de los trabajadores correspondía a iniciativas privadas que el Estado debía fomentar, lo que la Iglesia denominaba “Acción Social Católica”. Esta preferencia por un Estado con una acción social limitada mostraba a una Iglesia que seguía considerándose como la institución rectora de la sociedad en tanto su accionar incluía tanto la vida terrena como también la vida después de la muerte. El Estado, al centrarse sólo en problemas terrenales, era una institución de rango menor, cobijada por la Iglesia. Se estudiarán textos escritos por sacerdotes de la jerarquíaeclesiástica chilena sobre el rol del Estado en la resolución de los problemas sociales y sobre la discusión en la esfera pública de dos leyes sociales: la ley de habitación obrera de 1906 y la ley de descanso dominical de 1907.Palabras clave: Iglesia, Estado, Cuestión Social, Legislación Social.Catholic social action or State social intervention? The role of the State in the resolution of the Social Problem according to the Chilean Catholic Church at the beginning of the 20th CenturyAbstractThe objective of this article is to analyze the development of Chilean Catholic thinking about the role of the State in facing the Social Problem at the beginning of the 20th Century. It is argued that the Chilean Catholic Church gave the State a secondary role in the solution of the Social Problem. Despite recognizing the need of establishing legal regulations to solve problems between employers and workers, the performance of works in favor of workers corresponded to private initiatives that the State should promote, what the Church called “Catholic Social Action”. This preference for a State with limited social action showed a Church that continued to be considered as the governing institution of society, as its actions included both earthly life and life after death. The State, by focusing only on earthly problems, was an institution of lower rank, sheltered by the Church. The research studied some texts written by priests of the Chilean ecclesiastical hierarchy dealing with the role of the State in the resolution of social problems and the public discussion about two social laws: the 1906 Working Class Law and the 1907 Sunday Rest Law.Keywords: Church, State, Social Problem, Social Law.Ação social católica ou intervenção social do Estado? O papel do Estado na resolução da Questão Social segundo a Igreja Católica Chilena no início do século XXResumoO objetivo deste artigo é analisar o desenvolvimento do pensamento católico chileno sobre o papel do Estado para enfrentar a Questão Social a princípios doséculo XX. Argumenta-se que a Igreja Católica chilena tinha dado ao Estado um papel secundário na solução da Questão Social. Apesar de reconhecer a necessidade de estabelecer normativas legais para resolver problemas entre empregadores e trabalhadores, a realização de obras a favor dos trabalhadores correspondia a iniciativas privadas que o Estado devia promover, o que a Igreja denominou “Ação Social Católica”. Essa preferência por um Estado com uma ação social limitada mostrava uma Igreja que seguia considerando-se como a instituição governante da sociedade, tanto na sua ação incluía a vida terrena como também a vida após a morte. O Estado, ao centrar-se só em problemas terrenais, era uma instituição de alcance inferior, protegida pela Igreja. Vão serestudados os textos escritos por sacerdotes da hierarquia eclesiástica chilena sobre o papel do Estado na resolução de problemas sociais e na discussão na esfera pública de duas leis sociais: a lei da habitação trabalhadora de 1906 e a lei do descanso dominical de 1907.Palavras-chave: Igreja, Estado, Questão Social, Legislação Social.

scholarly journals Peran Sosial Gereja Menurut Barth dan Moltmann [The Social Role of the Church according to Barth and Moltmann]

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Edy J. P. Gurning
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Social Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Church

The ideology of the nation Indonesian is Pancasila. Within this ideology Pancasila, the state ensures religious freedom practices and provides space for religion to play a role in carrying out justice and peace in society. Particularly in the post-secular era, the role of religion becomes more significant. Post-secularism provides an active not passive and greater role for religion in presenting its social role. Christianity, as one of the religions in Indonesia, is also urged to participate in playing its social roles. Based on the characteristic Indonesian context, the social role of the church initiated by Karl Barth is far better to be employed in Indonesia than the social role of the church initiated by Jurgen Moltmann.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF THE CULTURE IN THE STYLE OF LEADERSHIP

10.26458/1716 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Madalina Gheta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of

The level of development of a country is defined based on indicators such as population size, GDP and contry area. Although it’s easy to identify countries like the USA, France and Spain that are part of developed countries and countries such as Senegal, Gabon Greece or China ranked as emerging countries, there is no universally accepted definition of developing contries. The “emerging contries” are often listed in terms of their differentiation from the developed contries; A comun problem is that some organizations dont’t take into consideration all the variables, a country located on a higher position in terms of GDP is possible to not have the same position at the social development or quality of life. For the last 25 years China has known continuous economic expansion, it’s forecasted that in the next 20 years it will become one of the world’s superpower. China encountered a relatively fast development after the deployment of the “cultural revolution”.In China, the long standing cultural tradition influences till today the economic area, more than other countries encounter from this category. The youth’s mentality is to learn and to work very well with the solely interest to serve the country completely. This desire of the Chinese people is positively influenced by the state - the Chinese Communist Party encourages the state of raising the development of education and the level of life.

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