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Mission of the Church Under Pressure—An Orthodox Perspective
Author(s) -
Dumitraşcu Nicu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12174
Subject(s) - monasticism , evangelism , perspective (graphical) , ideology , identity (music) , relation (database) , sociology , dimension (graph theory) , environmental ethics , religious studies , theology , philosophy , law , aesthetics , political science , computer science , mathematics , database , politics , pure mathematics , artificial intelligence
Abstract Mission always has focused on the constituent elements of the church, which are an intrinsic part of the church's very existence. Mission therefore is defined directly in relation to evangelism. This study aims to present briefly two of the today's missionary challenges from an Orthodox perspective. The first is how to preserve cultural and religious identity in a polymorphic society in all aspects, and how to eliminate the risk of confusing it with an ideology. The second refers to the missionary dimension of monasticism and the efficiency of the professional practice of the spiritual competences.