ЖИВОТ ИЗМЕЂУ БОГА И БИОМЕДИЦИНСКИХ ИНТЕРВЕНЦИЈА: Наративи црквених верника Српске православне цркве о појединим биоетичким питањима
LIFE BETWEEN GOD AND BIOMEDICAL INTERVENTIONS: Narratives of Church Believers of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Certain Bioethical Issues
Author(s): Teodora Jovanović, Marta Stojić-Mitrović, Milan TomaševićSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: ethnography; bioethics; Orthodox Christianity; biomedically assited reproduction; organ donation; euthanasia; abortion;
Summary/Abstract: The text offers an insight into the narratives of church believers in Serbia that were interviewed as а part of the project “Church-religious practices of Orthodox believers in Serbia: an anthropological researchˮ from 2021 to 2023. The focus is on topics from the domain of bioethics and modern biomedical procedures concerning the beginning, maintenance and ending of the life of an individual, the well-being of the body, but also of the spirit. Through examples of statements and attitudes on biomedically assisted reproduction, organ donation, euthanasia and abortion, an especially complex relation between church norms, interpretations, rules and real experiences of believers is presented. Believers build these from secular sources, the Orthodox literature they read, popular clergy active on social media that they follow, but also from the official positions of the church hierarchy.
Journal: Зборник Матице српске за друштвене науке
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 188
- Page Range: 627-643
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Serbian