BISERICA, LIBERTATEA DE CONȘTIINȚĂ ȘI EDUCAȚIA PENTRU PACE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20107705Keywords:
Freedom of conscience, Church, Patristic Theology, Ideology, Secularism, Orthodoxy, Communism, philosophy, Social involvement, freedomAbstract
The Church, Freedom of Conscience, and Education for Peace.
For us, those of today, freedom of conscience is one of the most profound expressions of human dignity. Modernity sees it as one of the fundamental pillars of human rights, so that we all live under its shelter, we enjoy it, we defend it, we desire it to be as broad and accessible as possible for as many people as possible, and we feel offended or even oppressed when it is refused or contested. But has it always been this way? Or is freedom of conscience only a recent acquisition? Does it still have Christian roots? Or, in other words, can it still function outside the Christian logic that conceived it? These are a few questions and, at the same time, reflections on this provocative subject from its theoretical aspect, but vital for a better understanding of the relationship between freedom of conscience and the world. In the context of contemporary challenges posed by religious pluralism and social conflicts, the concepts of freedom of conscience and peace assume special relevance for Christian theology, which can find a way to engage in dialogue with the secular world and claim an important role in educating it.
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