CRISIS AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON IN A BRIEF THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10419732Keywords:
crisis, dialog, logos, consumeristAbstract
Crisis as a Global Phenomenon in a Brief Theological Analysis.
The present work aims to provide an answer to the crisis situation found in the world. There are many types of crisis: economic, political, social, religious, ecological, humanitarian. There is a cause of the crisis, regardless of its manifestation: it is the lack of dialogue with God and between people. Haric dialogue is missing in the world and in its place is the selfish monologue of the consumerist man. The first cause of the crisis is the removal of God from the life of society. Returning to the dialogue with God and creation, in the state of prayer and grace, may be the only chance to recover the world from its fall.
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