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2016 | 16 | 305-318

Article title

Is There True Peace Without Truth? Ideological Roots of a Recent Statement of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches on Religion and Violence

Content

Title variants

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Czy istnieje prawdziwy pokój bez prawdy? Ideologiczne korzenie stanowiska Komitetu Centralnego Światowej Rady Kościołów na temat religii i przemocy

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Abstracts

PL
Artykuł ma na celu ukazanie ideologicznych korzeni społecznego i teologicznego zaangażowania Światowej Rady Kościołów na przykładzie oficjalnego stanowiska Komitetu Centralnego Światowej Rady Kościołów, wydanego 28 czerwca 2016 r., które dotyczy związku religii i przemocy. Szczególny nacisk kładzie się na próbę wyjaśnienia, w jaki sposób ideologia uznawana przez Radę i obecna w mniej lub bardziej wyraźny sposób w dokumentach tej organizacji wpływa na przedstawienie chrześcijańskiego nauczania dotyczącego pokoju w omawianym stanowisku. Artykuł analizuje ten dokument, zaczynając od sposobu, w jaki Rada podchodzi do zjawiska przemocy. W dalszej kolejności w artykule omawiane są powiązane wypowiedzi Rady, w których uznaje się ona za promotora dialogu międzyreligijnego i pokoju na świecie.
EN
The article aims to demonstrate ideological roots of the social and theological attitude of the World Council of Churches on the example of the recent official statement of the Central Committee of the WCC issued on June 28, 2016 which regards the connection between religion and violence. Particular emphasis is put on an attempt to explain how the ideology accepted by the WCC, and present in a more or less distinct manner in the documents of this organization, influences the presentation of Christian teaching regarding peace in the said document. The article analyses the mentioned document, starting from the manner in which the phenomenon of violence has been tackled. Further, it examines those statements in which the WCC is presented as promoting the inter-religious dialogue and peace.

Year

Volume

16

Pages

305-318

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Contributors

  • Wydział Teologii KUL

References

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  • Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, Statement on Religion and Violence (28 June 2016), https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/central-committee/2016/statement-on-religion-and-violence (10.09.2016).
  • Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, Who Do We Say That We Are? Christian Identity in a Multi-Religious World, “The Ecumenical Review” 66 (2014) 4, p. 458–501.
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  • Commission on Faith and Order, The Church: Towards a Common Vision (Faith and Order Paper 214), Geneva 2013.
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  • Makant M., The (dis)-engendering of violence: Towards an eschatological understanding of being male and female, “Theology Today” 72 (2016) 4, p. 404–414.
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  • Statement on the Politicization of Religion and Rights of Religious Minorities, https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/assembly/2013-busan/adopted-documents-statements/politicisation-of-religion-and-rights-of-religious-minorities (10.09.2016).
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  • WCC strongly condemns terror attack targeting Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/wcc-strongly-condemns-terror-attack-targeting-patriarch-ignatius-aphrem-ii (10.09.2016).

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Publication order reference

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