FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND POLAR OPPOSITION: BEING EQUAL WHILE REMAINING DIFFERENT

• Authors: Carbajo Nunez Martin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

On the fifth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, this article focuses on the importance of family relationships in our globalized world. The family allows everyone to feel equal while remaining different. In tune with Romano Guardini, Pope Francis uses the dialectic of polar opposition to describe the unity in diversity typical of authentic family life (part 1). He notes, however, that the technocratic paradigm, homogeneous and one-dimensional, cancels out this dynamic, thus opening the way to globalized indifference and the throwaway culture (part 2). Therefore, the Pope invites us to rebuild family relationships and preserve polar opposition at our four fundamental levels: spiritual, personal, social and natural (part 3).

Keywords

EN

Family; Fraternity; Polar opposition; Dialogue; Amoris Laetitia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Forum Teologiczne
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 22
• Pages: 61-80

Dates

published

2021-11-30

Contributors

author

Carbajo Nunez Martin

• Pontifical University "Antonianum", Rome (Italy)
• Pontical Academy "Alfonsianum", Rome (Italy)
• FST - University San Diego, California (USA)

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