IS CHRISTIANITY STILL UP-TO-DATE? AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
IS CHRISTIANITY STILL UP-TO-DATE? AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARGUMENT

Summary/Abstract: In a world dominated by newness, the question we start with is inevitable: isChristianity still relevant today? For believers and religious affiliates, the question issuperfluous; but it falls to them to deliver valid answers, even to such rhetoric.Where will they build their argument from? From a God whom the opposing camphas long since disqualified? We believe that one of the common, valid premises foreffective dialogue and constructive criticism is the human being itself. Man is theimmediate reality, impossible to neglect, which is the concern of both believers (abeing destined to fulfilment through deification, legitimised as a person by God) andnon-believers (a being legitimised by itself). The evolution of this being becomes thecontrol lamp of ontological truth and implicitly contains the answer to our question.We have analysed, comparatively, two vectors, two potential directions relevant tohuman evolution. The first is described in two landmark works of literature, TheAbolition of Man and The Brave New World, and the other through a summary of theorthodox Christian anthropological paradigm. In the case study I have developed, Ihave come to the conclusion that in the manner in which man undergoes arationalistic immanent reductionism, becoming merely nature, he becomes himself apiece of nature and seals his demise through dehumanization, becoming himself anidol without consciousness. At the same time, if he empowers his inner, spiritualuniverse and tries to establish himself in the mystery of the personal God by relatingcorrectly to nature, i.e. to the nature within him, he will find himself in the position ofthe saint who has risen above nature by the spiritual discipline of instincts. Here truereason and full freedom are revealed. So, despite hostile social pressure, Christianityis not only relevant today but, along the lines of this argument, necessary.

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