Catholic Faculty of Theology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
Autor postavlja pitanje o ulozi Crkve u globaliziranom svijetu. Globalizacija napreduje nezaustavljivim tempom. Premda još uvijek nemamo teoretske definicije globalizacije, rezultati se vide na privrednom planu. Naglašavaju se rezultati globalizacije, gubitak snage kategorija vremena i prostora, koje globalizacija nadilazi, odnosno dokida. Važno je naglasiti društveno-kulturalne i komunikativne aspekte globalizacije. S druge strane, autor predstavlja teološki pojam katoličanstva (treća od četiri oznake Crkve – jedna, sveta, katolička i apostolska), koje je strukturalna paralela globalizacije. Autor predlaže novi pojam katoličanstva koji će biti u stanju kritički se postaviti prema globalizaciji. Radi se posebno o komunikativnoj dimenziji katoličanstva, kako se to može iskusiti u Crkvi cijelog svijeta («katoličkoj»).The author opens the question of the role of the Church in the globalised world. Globalisation is advancing at a relentless pace. Although there is still no theoretical definition of globalisation, the results can be noticed in economy. The author emphasises the results of globalisation, loss of time and space categories, which are overpowered, abolished by globalisation. It is of an extreme importance to point out the socio-cultural and communicative aspects of globalisation. The author also presents the theological conception of Catholicism (3rd of the four characteristics of the Church – (the one, holy, catholic, apostolic) – structural equivalent of globalisation. The author suggests a new conception of Catholicism that will be able to face globalisation in a critical manner. This conception consists of a special, communicative dimension of Catholicism, as it can be experienced in the Catholic Church worldwide
