Diakonie v perspektivě teorie sociálních systémů

• Authors: Karel Šimr

Title variants

EN

Diakonia from the Point of View of the Social Systems Theory

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This article is devoted to the differentiation of diakonia in modern society based on Niklas Luhmann’s social systems theory. It first addresses the inner differentiation of the religious system, the framework of which is to assign diakonia the task of creating a relationship to other systems of society. Dierk Starnitzke attempts to formulate theologically a diakonia-code which facilitates diakonia in order to receive input from other systems it relates to, while at the same time, maintaining its identity. The article further reflects on the formation of the diaconal work-structures at the three levels where social systems operate: interaction, organization and society. The task of theology is to impart the vision for organized diaconal work which currently prevails. The differentiated approach to diakonia facilitates a more adequate analysis of the problems diakonia faces in modern secularized society and how to relate various conceptions of diakonia to one another.

Keywords

EN

Diakonia; the Social Systems Theory

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 81-95

Contributors

author

Karel Šimr

• Studia theologica, redakce, Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, Univerzitní 22, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic, http://www.studiatheologica.eu