Abstract

Článek se snaží přiblížit křesťanské kořeny dnešní sociální práce. Na příkladu klasického křesťanského pojetí skutků milosrdenství ukazuje, že základem křesťanské pomoci bližnímu je správné chápání lidské osoby a jejího místa ve společnosti. Poukazuje také na podobnosti a rozdílnosti dnešní sociální práce a křesťanské charity.

Highlights

  • Social work as an independent discipline began to establish itself at the turn of the 20th century.[1]

  • It is usually stated that it follows the rich tradition of Christian charity, or love for one’s neighbour.[2]

  • Both Christian charity work and social work stand side by side. Are they more or less the same or are they different? Is their action directed in the same direction, towards the same goal? Can they inspire one another? The aim of this article is to present the reasons for supporting the thesis on the continuity and connection between Christian charity and contemporary social work

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Summary

Introduction

Social work as an independent discipline began to establish itself at the turn of the 20th century.[1]. It is necessary to perceive both well and avoid the reduction of the human person only to his individual side, as individualism does; it is not good to succumb to the opposite error offered by collectivism, that is, to overestimate the social side and to claim that man is only a product of society.[7] This humanistic conception of man is the basis of a proper understanding of love which is not a mere friendship (filia), nor erotic affection (eros), nor affinity (storge) It is a completely free and selfless desire and a manifestation of good towards the neighbour (agape).[8] And this love, for which the word caritas is used in Latin language, is the starting point for deeds done for the neighbour.

Love and Mercy
From Individual Charity to Institutionalised Social Work
Charity and Philanthropic Approach
Profession and Gift

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