Idea zrównoważonego rozwoju w świetle encykliki papieża Franciszka Fratelli tutti

Author(s): Zbigniew Babicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2021

The article presents an overview of the ideas of sustainable development and the social teachings of Pope Francis contained in the encyclical Fratelli tutti. A very important dimension of sustainable development assumptions is constructing a pattern of social life. It is about methods of action that will make it possible to solve social conflicts, especially in situations of social stratification. Pope Francis, in the encyclical Fratelli tutti, which talks about fraternity and social friendship, advocates for humanistic relations between people. Concerned about the human future, he proposes to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the message of universal brotherhood and social friendship, which will be the basis for building a human community and social order. The article draws attention to the necessity to combine efforts and cooperation to achieve the goals of humanistic development of humanity, i.e., sustainable change. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the idea of sustainable development in the context of the pope's social teaching. For if the diagnosis of the threats to the modern world, as well as the remedy for these threats in the form of education for sustainable development, to some extent coincide with the voice of the Church, this may mean a common field for action to improve the situation. There is a justified and urgent need for both theoretical references to crisis phenomena and tendencies, as well as real actions that will contribute to the elimination and elimination of disastrous processes for the social and natural environment of our planet. The time has come to cooperate in the field of education aimed at building universal brotherhood and social friendship in the world, which gives the opportunity to undertake the goals of sustainable development. Thanks to the cooperation of all people of good will, the goals of sustainable development come closer to specific people, becoming their own task to be performed. The idea of sustainable development gains an important ally in the form of educational support from Pope Francis and his vision of a world based on brotherhood and social friendship. It is a vision of the world referring to the duty of love for one's neighbor, care for the integral development of man and ultimately for his salvation. Certainly, any attempt to confront the idea of sustainable development with the social teaching of Pope Francis, included above all in the encyclical Fratelli tutti, will depend on the adopted worldview and vision of human and world development. However, what these two propositions have in common is concern for the welfare of mankind and our planet.

Породичноправни и хришћански аспект материнства и очинства у поступку биомедицински потпомогнутог оплођења

Author(s): Aleksandra Malešević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2016

Legal and a Christian approach to biomedical topics, and consequently with the topic of biomedically assisted conception, have to do with the acceptability of a certain procedure. They differ one from another at the initial point. Within the legal approach, the initial point is the satisfaction of parties ´ interests, i. e. the realization of the goal due to which a certain procedure is being employed. Therefore it is possible to contradict the biological facts in such a procedure, and that is what actually happens in practice. Within a Christian approach to biomedical issues, it is necessary to have a basis in concrete biomedical facts as a requirement for the true treatment of these topics. Motherhood and fatherhood are primarily biological categories and they are to be examined as such. The initial point in the Christian approach is the criterion of the inviolability of human personality. Being unchangeable, that criterion is equally applied within any approach and it cannot be modified due to circumstances. From the Christian aspect, it is not possible to protect one´s interest by doing harm to the interests of another.

Библијски Бог Творац и стварање: кратки осврт на такозвани „библијски креационизам“

Author(s): Srećko Petrović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 3/2016

Certain Orthodox theologians, clerics and lay people use insights and conclusions of North American fundamentalist denominations in order to understand Gods creation, i. e. they use the arguments of “biblical creationism”. Is it necessary or is it possible to plant protestant creationist science in the soil of Orthodox faith? We think that the answer is negative, and in this article we will try to point out basic reasons supporting such answer. Further, in this article we will especially reflect on creationism movements in Serbia and its neighboring countries.

Прихватање несавршености или тежња ка илузорној савршености

Author(s): Zoran Andrić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2015

Вјера и знање

Author(s): Nikola Marojević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2015

The article deals with the relation between faith and knowledge. Starting from the gnoseological, the ethical, throughout the philosophical, the author comes to the theological perspective of their complex relationship. Faith is the key phenomenon of the human being, and the basic element of religious life itself. Cognition, within the context of religious comprehension, is the union with the object of learning. The act of religious learning is the very act of revelation. Christian faith is not a psychological state nor the faith in everyday, common sense, but above all it is an ontological relationship between man and God.

Tomáš Sedláček: Die Ökonomie von Gut und Böse

Author(s): Zoran Andrić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2013

WHAT CAN EARTH HISTORY AND EVOLUTION TELL ABOUT THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE?

Author(s): May Andreas / Language(s): English Issue: 8/2021

Conclusions about the Creator of the universe are drawn from the evolution anddiversity of living beings. Furthermore, four events of the Earth's history areaddressed. From them, it can be concluded that the Creator actively intervened in thehistory of the Earth to promote the development of intelligent life. Followingcharacteristics of the Creator are observed: He is patient, creates an exuberantfullness, and gives freedom to his creation. He uses causal links and seemingly randomevents to steer the course of his creation. The Creator is in constant dialogue with hiscreation to lead it into ever greater abundance and freedom. He uses evolutionaryprocesses, which are not goal-oriented, to achieve his goals. The observedcharacteristics of the Creator fit very well with the Judeo-Christian God. The questionis raised whether the Creator is timeless or not

HeartMath as Scientific Meditation Method in Dialogue with Theological Phenomena

Author(s): Stephen David Edwards / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

The HeartMath Institute originated in 1991 through Doc Childre’s vision of promoting heart intelligence and health. The HeartMath system is an interdisciplinary undertaking, which bridges natural, human, social, spiritual, and ecological sciences, with the goal of promoting personal, social, and global coherence. The general goal of this paper is to introduce HeartMath as a coherent scientific approach to dialogue theological information, as well as a specific meditation method to explore theological phenomena. The particular aim is to contribute a theoretical and practically orientated pilot study with heuristic phenomenological reflection on personal experience of HeartMath theory, practice, meditation, related action, and reports in the form of scientific articles. This study is directly relevant to the DIALOGO conference theme of dialogue between science and theology. Methodology concerns the theoretical and practical value of HeartMath meditation methods as described with examples from HeartMath Global Coherence (GC) and Inner Balance (IB) apps. There are five GC reflective meditations on the theme of science and theology, complemented by five IB purely contemplative meditations. The reflective and discursive focus of the paper is on the monitoring of meditation sessions related to science and theology. The specific focus is on HeartMath techniques, electronic devices, and the planetary health potential of the Global Coherence Initiative.

Spiritual and Scientific Inquiry as ways the East and the West have sought to understand the nature of Reality

Author(s): Arka Srinivas / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Western and Eastern philosophical cultures have different perspectives on inquiring about the nature of reality. These influences have shaped the approach to what qualifies as science in the West and Spiritual Inquiry in the East. These perspectives are intimately related to the topic of the reliability of scientific theories and spiritual inquiry and the ultimate purpose of both approaches. This paper mainly examines whether there is something to be gained from an Eastern way of thought and presents its benefits given that our current science has largely been influenced by Western thought. However, any evaluation of both perspectives must also contemplate how future science may be advanced by incorporating these complementary approaches.

A Study of the Philosophy of Science and Spirituality

Author(s): Richard A. Honeycutt / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Are religion and spirituality in conflict? The prevailing opinion in today’s world seems to be that they are. But a careful examination of ontological, epistemological, and teleological factors may lead to a surprising answer: there need not be a conflict if we clearly define our terms and understand the pivotal importance of metaphor in human thought. If science and spirituality (or religion) are carelessly defined with claims of absolute truth, and if the unsupportable assumption is made that reality consists only of matter-energy, a dramatic conflict will result between science and spirituality. But these logical flaws invalidate much of what we think we know in the fields of science and spirituality themselves. If we examine Kuhn’s work on paradigms, the revelations of Quantum Mechanics, and consider the topic in the light of Process Philosophy and Transpersonal Process Philosophy, we will be prepared to evaluate the philosophical ideas that underpin the work of Goswami’s “Science within Consciousness” and also the groundbreaking thought of Ken Wilber, Rupert Sheldrake, Owen Barfield, and Eric Weiss. We will discover that essentially all human thought depends upon metaphor, though usually not recognized as such. While necessary, metaphors must not be confused with absolute truth. Comprehension of the nature and proper role of metaphor will clarify our thinking about religion, spirituality, and many other essential matters. The egregious error that is fundamentalism in religion or science will be revealed and can then be avoided. The resulting dawn of understanding can lead us into a new meta paradigm that can eradicate almost all the supposed war between science and spirituality.

Revisiting a Victorian Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Author(s): Nicoleta Stanca / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

The article starts from the claims of some ecocritical theoreticians that Christianity may be considered among the roots of the belief that man masters the earth (at least in the West) and thus justifies the current environmental crisis. But even these critics feel the need to provide role models of environmental concern from the list of saintly figures of the Christian tradition. In an age completely enthusiastic about the union between science and technology, the Victorian Age, the Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote sonnets that may be read through the ecocritical lens at a time when the concept had not been invented. The conclusions of the essay point out the relevance of the emergence of ecococritical studies in the 1980s, showing thus how literary studies, religion and spirituality join environmental concerns and contribute to man’s fair appreciation and treatment of nature.

Associated Factors of Suicidal Behavior and Religiousness.

Author(s): Ionut Eduard Bolboasa / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

This cross-sectional study proposes to identify the differential between two groups of study participants divided into two lots, general population and addictive population, inhabitants of Constanta county, Romania, on religiosity and suicidal behavior, with its associated factors like depression, anxiety and stress.The research was conducted between May 2020 and July 2020, the methodological approach being non-experimental, descriptive-analytical, having a cross-sectional character and using the survey method based on questionnaire and the semi¬structured interview.Trying to identify the presence of suicidal risk factors and religiosity in the general population, but especially in addictive groups, can be a real challenge, as it is known that, in general, the clinical area has always provided sufficient research materials.As a conclusion of the study, the influence of religiosity on autolytic behavior as well as on depression is quite minor, invalidating the literature showing the inhibitory effects of religiosity, leading to the conclusion that religiosity alone cannot be an insurmountable barrier to suicidal behavior. This invalidation may increase the level of debate about the role of religion, but it can also enrich this literature through the results of this study.The approach of multidisciplinary prophylaxis regarding the suicidal phenomenon becomes imperatively necessary, and by carrying out some evaluations of religiosity and religious coping, one goes towards the early counteraction of some autolytic undesirable behaviors.

Spiritual Therapies and Autolytic Behavior

Author(s): Ionut Eduard Bolboasa / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Can the Minnesota model and the 12-step program be an effective intervention model based on the religious and spiritual approach to reduce substance and alcohol consumption but also suicidal ideation?Can these programs also lead to increased quality of life and unconditional self-acceptance by study participants? In this study, we aimed to highlight the role of the Minnesota Model and the 12-Step Program used in reducing stress, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, increasing quality of life, and unconditional acceptance of oneself by participants in Alcoholics Anonymous groups in Constanta County.Another goal we set out was to compare the results obtained by the participants at the end of these programs, but also by comparing their results with the results obtained by the participants who make up a control group. Through this study, we aim to identify the most important predictors and include them in effective models for increasing the quality of life of alcohol addicts, as well as highlighting a relationship between alcohol dependence and suicidal ideation, before and after these two programs.

Din Eğitimi Olgusunu Tanımlama Problemi

Author(s): Nazım Bayrakdar / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 54/2020

The branch of science that has undertaken the responsibility of researching religious education activities with its past and present is the science of religious education. The primary task of the science of religious education is to clarify the boundaries of the research field. The needs to be done for this, is to define the phenomenon of religious education. If we look at the literature, it will be seen that there are many definitions for religious education. However, these definitions show that religious education scholars do not agree on what the nature and scope of religious education is. In this study, a new definition proposal has been put forward by analyzing and evaluating the definitions made for religious education. In the research, it was concluded that the normative definitions made for religious education are insufficient to express the nature and scope of the reality of religious education, while descriptive definitions leave some points about the reality in question blurred.

Allah Tahayyülleri Ölçeği

Author(s): Faruk Karaca,Hızır HACIKELEŞOĞLU / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 54/2020

In this study, a culture-sensitive measurement tool was developed to measure the imaginary forms of God. Psychometric analysis conducted with scale showed that the scale is reliable and valid enough. The scale of Allah imagination has a structure consisting of four factors and 19 items that explain 50.35% of the total variance. According to factor analysis, the first factor is “Dismissive God image” (careless), the second factor is “Frightening God” (fear-punishment oriented), the third factor is “Loving and Frightening God” (balanced), and the fourth factor is “Loving God” (love oriented). As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the four-factor structure of the scale was confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha, which is regarded as a criterion for internal consistency, is measured as ac=.61 for the scale of Allah Imagination. While the same items were analyzed via split half method, it is seen that the coefficient of correlation is .69. The correlation coefficient between the results of two measurements with 53 people and 10 days interval was calculated as .69, (p <.01). As a result of the analysis, it can be stated that the scale of Allah imagination is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

Koronavirüs (Covid-19) Sürecinde Yapay Sinir Ağları Yöntemiyle Bireylerin Dini Başa Çıkma Düzeylerinin Tahmini

Author(s): Muhammed Kızılgeçit,Murat Çinici / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 54/2020

In this study, it is aimed to develop a model that predicts religious coping with the data that include age, gender, marital status, educational status, monthly income, place of residence, occupation, chronic disease status of individuals, number of family members, access to computer and internet, loneliness and the meaning of life during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The study group of this research includes individuals in the 2020 Covid-19 process. The research was carried out on 783 individuals on a random sampling basis. The data were obtained through the demographic information form developed by the researcher. In the study, it was created a prediction model developed by Artificial Neural Networks method, which includes 15 variables including 14 variable inputs and 2 sub-dimensions 1 output. While the development of the model was carried out by using the age, gender, marital status, educational status, monthly income, place of residence, occupation, chronic disease status of the individuals, number of family members, computer and internet access, loneliness and meaning of life, religious coping situations were estimated by the newly developed model. The predicted and observed results obtained were verified and compared. According to the findings, it was seen that the predicted positive-negative religious coping situations were significantly similar to the observed positive-negative religious coping classification.

Kitap Tanıtımı

Author(s): Beyza OKUMUŞ / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 55/2021

Review of: Beyza OKUMUŞ - Zeynep Sağır (Ed.). Din Psikolojisi: Teori, Güncel Araştırmalar ve Yeni Eğilimler. İstanbul: Dem Yayınları / Publishing, 2020.

‘Bilimsel İlerlemeler Tanrı’yı Yok mu Ediyor?’ Sorusu ve Kelâmî Açıdan Değerlendirilmesi

Author(s): Murat Akın / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

Scientific advances that took place with the Renaissance and the Enlightenment behind it, has managed to attract a lot of attention. So with this result, modern science is accepted as the most reliable source of the knowledge and is placed on a ground where it can solve any problem. It is also said that science resolve the issue about whether God exists or not. At this stage, with the contribution of ideological approaches and some groundless illogical arguments exhibited in the name of religion, science has now been turned into a sacred institution. Science, which is transformed into a sacred, has become unable to meet another sacred religion on a common ground and a wrong dichotomy has been used. Thereby the advancing science has slowly started to "destroy God". Thise understanding of science became also the biggest support for the atheists. Although this understanding of science, which has turned into a sacred, and has emerged basically against the Christian faith, it has been tried to reflect locally on all beliefs. Whereas, waiting for the science to provide data that “God will be annihilated with the advancement of science” actually it makes it necessary to be unaware of the limits of the science. The discourse that faith will disappear with the advancement of science, it does not seems an acceptable argument in terms of Islam. Because Islam dynamically appeals to the reason and presents nature as evidence of God's existence.

Postratna literatura apokaliptičnog sadržaja među muslimanima Bosne i Hercegovine

Author(s): Adnan Silajdžić,Samir Beglerović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 22/2021

The paper aims to provide an overview of a wide range of written materials published by Bosnian Muslim authors, or, translations of the works of foreign authors into Bosnian language,which encompass the following topics: apocalyptic prophesies, the existence of parallel worlds,the possibilities of sensual experience of the world of demons (jinns) and devils (satans), forms of treating consequences of practicing black magic, possibilities of treating psychological and physical illnesses by reciting the Holly Quran and chosen prayers (du’as) from the Tradition(Sunna), and interpreting of dreams, in the postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jorg Matthias Determann, Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World

Author(s): Sevket Hylton Akyildiz / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

Review of: Jorg Matthias Determann, Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World, London: I.B. Tauris, 2020. Review by: Sevket Hylton Akyildiz