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Corona, Krise und Diskurs. Einige ethische Implikationen der deutschen Debatte zur Covid-Pandemie

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Hess-Lüttich E. W. B.

tekst i dyskurs - text und diskurs

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2020

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issue 13

217–234

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The following article is dedicated to reporting on the current corona pandemic out of interest in discourse ethics and embeds it in the larger context of crisis communication. Following on from the currently known biological-epidemiological facts, it recalls the scientific, political, and moral responsibility of the actors in this exceptional global situation, the economic and ecological causes and consequences, and the consequences that would have to be drawn for crisis management in the event of multiple disasters.

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Blessed Are Those Who Do Not Know the Future of the Church. A Plea for Negative Ecclesiology

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Jos M.

Studia Theologica Varsaviensia

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2022

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vol. 60

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issue 1

65-78

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What will the future of the church look like? What type of mission should the church commit herself to? Rather than elaborating one more answer to these important questions, I have pleaded for negative ecclesiology and ‘the grace of self-doubt’. This is not to replace the answers that are given, but to safeguard sufficient openness in these answers. By abstaining from certitude, the church may more easily hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches beyond our own, human and therefore narrow minded understandings. My brief discussions on the Trinity, Ignatian spiritual direction and synodality were meant to illustrate that ‘wise ignorance’ and openness to surprises are present in some other dimensions of the Christian faith and theology and may, therefore, be safely adopted in reflections on the future of the church. A great fruit of negative ecclesiology is that it allows for change, that is, for a new understanding of God and therefore a new understanding of the church. Because the Apostles allowed for uncertainty, they could accept that God’s grace did not require circumcision and Jewish purity regulations – a crucial revolution in the early Christian church. Similarly, during the Second Vatican Council the bishops did not insist on using the same words, and were therefore able to embrace another, more pastoral style of magisterial teaching. In the same way, negative ecclesiology can help the church – its leadership as much as lay faithful – to be open to new perspectives on church and on mission. It may help to confront the painful truth that in the West the omnipresence of the church belongs to a past era and that in the church’s role in society is becoming a marginal one. It may help the faithful and church leadership to embrace the task of bringing the number of church buildings more in line with the church’s current position in society – that is, to abolish a significant number of churches. Finally, it may help to reconceive the church’s prophetic voice into a more dialogical and humble voice, which testifies rather than criticizes, and that is willing to learn as much as to teach.

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Corona Ignorers – Only Annoying or Already Punishable? A Consideration of §§ 178, 179 Austrian Criminal Code (Endangering People by Infectious Diseases)

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Schallmoser N. M.

Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica

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2021

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vol. 20

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issue 1

323-341

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The Corona pandemic, which has dominated everyday life since the beginning of 2020, has brought Sections 178 and 179 of the Austrian Criminal Code (StGB) into the focus of criminal law discussion. They criminalize endangering other people through certain diseases: The perpetrator can be punished if he or she risks to transfer a disease, of which the presence must be reported to public authorities according to the law, to at least about ten other persons. Not least because these offenses have not had particular practical relevance up to date, several dogmatic questions remain unresolved, to which this paper provides an answer. These include, in particular, the extent to which a behavior must be dangerous for the health of others to lead to a criminal liability, how to deal with a lack of dangerousness that is determined ex post, and whether and under what conditions criminal liability by omission can exist. The proposed solutions are examined for their practical suitability based on typical “Corona cases” such as visiting so-called “Corona parties”, ignoring a segregation duty or concealing contacts during contact tracing. To answer the unresolved dogmatic questions, it is first necessary to present the relevant literature and second to interpret the criminal law provisions according to the recognized interpretation methods (especially systematic interpretation and historical will of the legislator). This will lead to new solutions that partially differ from the prevailing opinion.

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Gott und COVID-19 – Kirche ohne Antwort?

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Zimmermann M.

Studia Paradyskie

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2020

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issue 30

99-107

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Każdy praktykujący chrześcijanin, biorący pod rozwagę zjawisko pandemii COVID-19 i śledzący źródła internetowe mówiące o tym problemie, bez trudu jest w stanie zauważyć rodzące się inicjatywy, mające pomóc chrześcijanom odnaleźć głęboki duchowy sens tej pandemii czy też zorganizować wspólną modlitwę w intencji zażegnania kryzysu. Duchowa interpretacja pandemii i zachęta do modlitwy są jednak niezbyt często spotykane w wypowiedziach Kościoła. Niektórzy duchowni wspominają co prawda o gniewie i sądzie Bożym, ale hierarchowie kościelni milczą w tej sprawie lub ograniczają swe wypowiedzi do apeli o darowiznę lub empatię. Otwarcie ujawnia się wrażliwość naszego społeczeństwa, co stawia pod znakiem zapytania zarówno indywidualną osobę, jak i całe życie społeczne czy wiarę. Tradycja biblijna i kościelna mają jednak odpowiedź na kryzys. Jeżeli Kościół nie chce zostawić wiernych samym sobie, powinien zadbać o to, by jego wypowiedzi były bardziej zróżnicowane biblijnie, duchowo i teologicznie.

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Any practising Christian considering the COVID-19 pandemic and following online sources can easily notice numerous initiatives attempting to find the pandemic’s deep spiritual meaning or to organise common prayer to resolve the crisis. However, spiritual interpretations of the pandemic and encouragement to pray are rare in the Church’s statements. Some clergymen mention God’s anger and judgment, but the church hierarchs remain silent or limit their statements to appeals for donation or empathy. Our society’s sensitivity is openly revealed, which calls into question both the individual and the collective social life of faith. However, biblical and Church traditions have the answer to the crisis. If the Church does not want to leave the faithful to themselves, it should make its statements more biblically, spiritually, and theologically diverse.

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Corona, Krise und Diskurs. Einige ethische Implikationen der deutschen Debatte zur Covid-Pandemie

Blessed Are Those Who Do Not Know the Future of the Church. A Plea for Negative Ecclesiology

Corona Ignorers – Only Annoying or Already Punishable? A Consideration of §§ 178, 179 Austrian Criminal Code (Endangering People by Infectious Diseases)

Gott und COVID-19 – Kirche ohne Antwort?