Open AccessChristianity and the context of the history of the spiritual situation in Europe
Author(s) -
Anatolii M. Kolodnyi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2009.51.2080
Subject(s) - christianity , postmodernism , postmodernity , historicism , ideology , context (archaeology) , objectivity (philosophy) , secularism , secularization , sociology , aesthetics , philosophy , religious studies , epistemology , history , theology , political science , politics , law , islam , archaeology
Christianity is the dominant religion throughout the European space. It was here that he became a world religion, where it passed all stages of its development and confessionalization. That is why the study of the patterns of development of this religion in its European image is relevant. Particularly relevant is the study of the current, postmodern state of Christianity. This is what this article is about. The author aims to reveal the peculiarities of the stagnant development of Christianity in the European space.
There are few works that would directly reveal the author's topic. There is more about postmodernity. In writing the article, the author used some thoughts from E. Weiz's books "Postmodern Times" (M., 2002) and Yu. , 2001). The starting point for our research was such methodological principles as objectivity, historicism, non-denominationalism, and ideological plurality.