Diakonie v perspektivě teorie sociálních systémů

Karel Šimr

doi:10.5507/sth.2016.006

Abstract

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 re¬lationship 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.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.

Highlights

Dierk Starnitzke souhlasí se sociologickým popisem situace, v níž „společenská relevance diakonie roste v míře, v níž ubývá té církevní“,22 ale tento fakt hodnotí pozitivně a diakonii chápe jako „teologicky zvláště zajímavou, protože představuje specifickou formu vztahu církve k ostatním společenským oblastem“
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

Summary

Introduction

V případě církve a diakonie (společně s teologií jako jejich reflexí) se podle Luhmanna jedná o různorodé a oddělené požadavky, které je třeba vzájemně kombinovat, ale není možné jeden ostatním předřadit.[17] Luhmann ve Funktion der Religi‐ on mluví doslova o „organizované anarchii“ a vyhroceně se ptá: Jak může teologie reflektovat identitu systému, když je stále kompromitována diakonií, pastorací, morální kazuistikou?

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