Veranderingen in samenleving en kerk en de gevolgen voor het beroep van pastor
This article is an attempt to open up a new perspective on the crisis of christianity and church in the context of Western Europe, especially The Netherlands. Since half a century the secularisation paradigm has� been the dominant perspective to explain� this development. But a long-term historical...
| Published in: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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2004-10-01
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| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/283 |
| Summary: | This article is an attempt to open up a new perspective on the crisis of christianity and church in the context of Western Europe, especially The Netherlands. Since half a century the secularisation paradigm has� been the dominant perspective to explain� this development. But a long-term historical perspective offers a wider <br />horizon. Through the ages there have been different� types of christianity (E.Troeltsch): the public church in relation to the civil society, the free church emphasizing church membership (the priesthood of the believers) and the more individualized mystic type of faith. Since the� separation� of church and state untill totday the second type had been the dominant one. A consequence of� the cultural� shift from modernity to postmodernity is the rise of �wild devotion� conform the third type of a more individualized way of life. This article pays attention to the challenges of these� developments� to the practice of church life and the pastoral profession.� |
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| ISSN: | 1609-9982 2074-7705 |