Theological Literature Research Articles

STRATEGI EFEKTIF INTERNALISASI NILAI KRISTEN DALAM PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER DAN SPIRITUALITAS REMAJA KRISTEN

This study aims to identify effective strategies for internalizing Christian values in shaping the character and spirituality of Christian youth. This research explores theological literature relevant to Christian spiritual formation strategies using a descriptive qualitative approach and literature analysis. The findings reveal that using Bible stories, reflective discussions, social service, and the active involvement of pastors, families, and church communities are vital components in the internalization process of Christian values. A holistic approach integrating Biblical teaching with practical experience is highly effective in cultivating Christian youth character deeply rooted in solid spirituality. The originality of this research lies in the synergy between spiritual formation and the role of church communities in shaping youth spirituality, a topic that has rarely been explored in depth in contemporary theological literature.

Judíos e identidades locales en el mundo visigodo

ABSTRACT Visigothic councils repeatedly raised the concern of the religious and political elites about the alleged continuity of Jewish populations (or those with a Jewish past) within the kingdom of Toledo. The ‘plague', the ‘error', and the ‘sect' seemed to threaten with their blasphemy and infidelity every corner, every community, of 7th century Christian Hispania. However, neither the conciliar acts nor the theological literature of the period recognized a specific geographical location for this group. The Jew was – and had to be – everywhere, but was nowhere. What role did geography and space play in defining a Jewish identity from a Christian perspective? What part did Jewishness have in local identity? Why, beyond traditional topics and labels, do most sources of the period not speak of a situated Jew? Based on these questions, this paper aims to review the written and archaeological documentation of the 7th century, to analyze the presence, absence – or deprivation? – of geography for the Jews and to observe in which specific contexts and circumstances this issue becomes relevant. We, therefore, aim to understand Jewishness as a constituent part of local identities and not as an anomaly.

Kajian Teologis tentang Mazmur 23:1-6 dan Penerapannya dalam Pelayanan Gereja Masa Kini

Psalm 23:1-6 is one of the most well-known passages in the Christian tradition, portraying the intimate relationship between God as the Shepherd and His people as the sheep. In the context of contemporary church ministry, a deep understanding of these verses is crucial, as they offer theological and practical guidance for the faith community in overcoming various spiritual and emotional challenges. This study aims to explore the theological relevance of Psalm 23 in the context of modern church ministry. The primary objective of this research is to conduct a theological analysis of Psalm 23:1-6 and to explore its application in today's church ministry context. This study also seeks to identify how the principles contained in this Psalm can serve as a foundation for pastoral care, spiritual strengthening, and congregation development in the modern church. The research employs a qualitative approach, using literature review and textual analysis methods. The primary sources used include the Hebrew text of Psalm 23:1-6 and modern translations, while secondary sources comprise various theological literature, Bible commentaries, and writings from related theological experts. This research also utilizes hermeneutical methods to delve deeper into the meaning of the text and its interpretation in various historical and theological contexts. The results indicate that Psalm 23 portrays God as a Shepherd who nourishes, protects, and guides His people, creating a sense of security and trust for those who follow Him. These attributes are relevant to contemporary church ministry, particularly in the context of pastoral care and spiritual support for congregants facing life crises. The findings also suggest that the application of the values contained in Psalm 23 can strengthen church ministry strategies in providing comfort, trust, and hope to its members. This study concludes that Psalm 23 holds strong and practical relevance for modern church ministry, as it offers an ideal depiction of divine care that can be applied in pastoral ministry. The church can use the principles from this Psalm to build trust and hope among congregants, as well as to provide more effective spiritual support in addressing the challenges of modern times.

Ślady kultu św. Rajmunda z Penyafort w przepowiadaniu Fabiana Birkowskiego. Przyczynek do badań nad dominikańskim piśmiennictwem hagiograficznym w dawnej Polsce

St. Raymond of Penyafort is not contemporarily a well-known figure in Poland. Neither was he in the days of Old Poland, when he enjoyed popularity only within rather narrow circles. Without a doubt, in that period he was known in the environment of scholars connected with the Faculty of Law of Cracow Academy, where the chair dealing with his compilation of The Decretals of Gregory IX, stipulated in the foundation act issued already by Casimir III the Great, survived until the reform introduced by Hugo Kołłątaj (the second half of the 18th century). If he was regarded as an outstanding legal theorist in the circle of lawyers, he was worshipped as a saint primarily in the Order of Preachers, the third General in the history of which he had been. The evidence of the presence of his cult among the Dominicans are, among others, the two texts of Fabian Birkowski, OP, a Baroque preacher, which are discussed in this article. They are Kazanie na dzień S. Raymunda [A sermon for the Feast Day of St. Raymond] included in the collection Kazania na święta doroczne [Sermons for Annual Holidays] (Cracow 1620) and the Latin speech under the title S. Raymundus sive mare liberum Sanctis, from the collection Orationes ecclesiasticae (Cracow 1622). In both texts, while making a presentation of the figure of St. Raymond, the preacher concentrated his attention on the Saint’s crossing the sea between Majorca and Barcelona on his Dominican’s cape. The miracle attributed to the Saint made for Birkowski the starting point for further considerations which – in the case of the sermon – concerned the spiritual light, whereas in that of the Latin oration – the missionary’s activity of the Church and in particular – Dominicans’ missions. In the sermon devoted to St. Raymond, the preacherappears as a theologian, skillfully making use of various quotations from the Bible and theological literature. In turn, the oration reveals his potential of an experienced erudite, skillfully combining biblical motifs with elements drawn from the literature of Greek-Roman antiquity. The comparative analysis of the texts confirms the Maria Rowińska-Szczepaniak, The traces of the cult of St. Raymond of Penyafort… 41 particular character of the collection Orationes ecclesiasticae in the output of Father Birkowski, encouraging scholars to conduct further studies on the speeches included in it, as well as on their place in the literature written in Latin in the days of Old Poland.

Formasi Calon Imam bagi Gereja Sinodal di Rumah Formasi

The focus of this article is how to form the seminarians in a synodal way. The synodal Church is “the specific modus vivendi et operandi of the Church, the People of God.” Working on this theme, the author analyses related theological literature equipped with living experience as formator. The result is as follows the spirit of the journey together has been a problem in the Church. Clericalism is the real challenge for the Church to journey together. “The whole Church is called to deal with the weight of a culture imbued with clericalism that she inherits from her history, and with those forms of exercising authority on which the different types of abuse (power, economic, conscience, sexual) are grafted” (The Preparatory Documents: No. 6). With this reality, all the People of God need to form ourselves in synodality. “Synodality entails receptivity to change, formation, and on-going learning” (Vademecum: 42). A formation house is a good place for learning and practicing communion, participation and mission. The seminarians learn how to listen, discern, and participate. To sum up, to carry out this special ministry we need a good formator who has been trained properly as a formator. This kind of formator can integrate 4 dimensions of formation for the priesthood. This process will help seminarians to be good pastors in their journey together with the People of GodKeywords:

Moral Certitude in Brain Death Diagnoses in Light of OrganEx and BrainEx

Death by neurological criteria has been at the center of ethical debates. I argue that brain death is a valid determination of death. This follows from an understanding that the brain is the effective integrator of the body and that following the death of the brain the body stops functioning as an integrated whole. Questions regarding this certainty have been reignited, however, by a study out of Yale that demonstrated synthetic perfusates, such as the compounds dubbed BrainEx and OrganEx, could restore cellular and even organ function in a porcine body and brain after death. Through analyzing medical, scientific, and theological literature I argue that even in the face of developing scientific technology moral certitude in brain death determinations is secure.

Джинны и дивы как «чужие»: демонизация образа врага в классической мусульманской традиции и ее истоки

The present paper analyzes the origins of certain motifs of demonizing the “other” in classical Islamic tradition. It reveals the main trends in the development of this mythologem based off of textual analysis. The material for the analysis is a body of Arabic and Persian texts of different genres: history (al-Tabari, al-Juwayni, Khvandamir, Sharaf al-Din Bidlisi), geography ('adja’ib), folklore (“The Thousand and One Nights”), epic poetry (Firdawsi, Nizami), and theological literature (Muhammad al-Tusi). Motifs such as the hero marching to a land infested by demonic enemies and demonizing black people date back to Indo-Iranian tradition. A powerful enemy is often associated with a demon. This comparison emphasizes his superhuman fighting qualities. The most representative case is the demonizing of formidable conquerors, such as the Mongols. Demonizing the enemy is particularly frequent in official chronicles from the Timurid period onward. Comparison with demons had become an important component of Muslim ethics by the 14th and 15th centuries. Demonizing the outsiders can actually be seen most clearly in the visual arts: from pre-Islamic monumental painting in Central Asia to book miniatures. The most illustrative example is the depiction of demons in the paintings of Siyah Qalam. The author declares no conflict of interests.

Re-Interpretasi Hak Milik Pribadi Dalam Bingkai Dimensi Sosial

This article aims to explain how private property rights are framed in a social dimension. Property rights here are given by God as a means to protect human life as well as those of others around them. This research was carried out using qualitative methods by reviewing Christian theological literature and developing topics related to private property rights within the framework of the social dimension. First, the author explains how property rights are defined, the social dimensions and what the Biblical view of this is. Then the author explains how Christianity views this by explaining how the significance of property ownership comes from God. Then explains the theological view regarding private property rights within the framework of the social dimension which directs each individual to a view that shows that each person's rights must also be seen as part of someone's property rights within them. Private ownership or personal rights have a moral obligation to see other groups in society as having a part in it. With this understanding, private ownership must also be in a good and correct flow. Private property rights must always be in order to fulfill needs, while protecting personal sustainability and the lives of other people in need.

Канонічна педагогіка у метафізичному праві

Views on upbringing, learning, education, development are always relevant, because different ideas of the influence of some people on others are the subject of research in many sciences. Earthly life, the spiritual environment requires every time to withdraw the mind from earthly, sensual concerns, and turn to spiritual supersensual, inaccessible mental problems that affect the ontological life activity of a person, which is regulated by the relevant norms. By and large, we are talking about general pedagogy in positive law, about vital pedagogical knowledge, which is recognized as profound - soulful, spiritual. But this is not enough. This knowledge is fully justified by God's providence and is highlighted in theological literature. It follows that there are such types of pedagogy as ordological (bodily), existential (spiritual) and transcendental (spiritual). I believe that it is appropriate (in this case) to combine them into the concept of canonical pedagogy. Metaphysical law is a natural-supernatural secret writing, imbued with the spirit of wisdom, a cryptological method designed for the action of human supersensible principles. A special coded ontological code was created by divine eternity in order to obtain naturally permissible life innovations for the creative cognitive process of life. The metaphysical law, created by supernatural man on the basis of knowledge of natural and supernatural laws, natural phenomena, natural laws, contains theological motives of life, the meaning of the natural existence of the inner man and his salvation from evil. It is clear that metaphysical law works with positive law, natural law, canon law, ecclesiastical law, philosophy of law and pedagogy through spiritual unity and synergy. Let's resort to the following research algorithm: metaphysical law-canonical pedagogy - pedagogy in metaphysical law - canonical-law laboratory. Metaphysical man needs metaphysical law and metaphysical pedagogy, despite the fact that man is currently most concerned with physical, bodily issues. Solving earthly concerns does not at all free a person from future heavenly cares. The current restless thoughts have reason to exist. Bodily ordological restlessness must be satisfied by the settlement of the future unearthly with the help of earthly means. Metaphysical law is such a tool.

Galicyjskie echa mariawickiej kwestii

Reception of the Mariavite question in Galicia The mariavitana, i.e. archive materials and book collections on the Mariavite Church are the focus of interest not only of the researchers of that denomination but also other Christian currents. They are a valuable source of information on the doctrine, history and context of functioning of minority churches in the mosaic of denominations in Poland. Although there are no Mariavite centers in Galicia, we can find mariavitana both in Galician archives and publishing houses. On the other hand, Galician printed works are an integral part of the remains of Mariavite libraries. This paper is a contribution to the research on the links between the Mariavite activity in the then Congress Kingdom of Poland and its reception in Galicia. Another suggestion for further research is the reception by the Mariavites of theological literature published in Galicia.

Developing religious literacy through popular culture fandom: engaging religious issues in Fleabag fan fiction

ABSTRACT This article analyses 120 fan-authored stories focusing on the character of the ‘Hot Priest’ in the television comedy Fleabag (BBC/Amazon 2016–2019), examining how fans use their fandom to explore religious issues and develop religious and theological literacy. This challenges the ‘banality’ of media representations of religion suggested by Stig Hjarvard’s mediatisation thesis through exploring fan responses to a ‘secular’ television show. As they engage through fandom, fan authors participate in reflection on contemporary Catholic issues and discuss God’s character and interpretations of Scripture. This is a form of ‘serious play’ that allows for detailed meditation on these subjects. Although fans’ engagement with religious issues is not a reversal of the decline of religious affiliation in the West, it is a sign of the ‘new visibility of religion’ in which examples of both ‘traditional’ and new religion emerge in novel, and often unexpected, contexts.

Theological Anthropocentrism: An Interpretation of Scripture and Semitic Theodicy in Overcoming the Environmental Crisis

This research aims to explore by offering theodicy as the basis for anthropocentric theology to purify God of all the bad images that occur creation of God, and theological criticism of the theocentric view which positions God with his absolute will to do anything, including creating and allowing environmental crises to occur also the anthropocentric opinion which positions humans with their free will has led to an environmental crisis. The contradiction of belief in God as the Most Perfect Essence with the fact that there is a problem of evil (imperfection) in creation of God that a perennial debate that has existed since the birth of these religions. These research method uses a literature review and data analysis using a qualitative hermentic approach. The results of the study describe the views of the Bible and the Qur'an about human freedom and present theodicy debates from traditional to modern in Christian and Islamic theology, about the role and ethics of humans towards nature or the environments. The results of the research are hoped it will become theological literacy or provide theological arguments for the need for human intervention to be fair, good, and true to the environment. Apart from being an implementation of faith in the Supreme Being, this intervention is also a human responsibility as a moral agent for protecting the environment.
 
 

«…ПРОЛИВАЯ СЛЕЗЫ ВМЕСТО КРОВИ»: БЕСКРОВНОЕ МУЧЕНИЧЕСТВО В ЖИТИИ И ЛИТЕРАТУРНОМ ТВОРЧЕСТВЕ СИМЕОНА НОВОГО БОГОСЛОВА

The article examines the emergence and development of the theologema martyrium sine cruorum in its connection with the idea of imitation of Christ (μίμησις Χριστοῦ) in Eastern Christian ascetic literature, and the interpretation of this theologema in the Life and literary work of the Byzantine mystic of the 10th – 11th centuries Symeon the New Theologian. The article shows the relationship between the theologema of bloodless martyrdom and the ideas of ascetic selflessness, the idea of pastoral care, anthropological phenomena of ascetic practices, the problem of authority and power in the religious consciousness of Byzantine society, the desire to translate the ascetic ideal in the mass consciousness. As a result of the analysis of the sources, the following conclusions were made: μίμησις Χριστοῦ and the idea of bloodless martyrdom associated with it in the Byzantine tradition had a considerable didactic and educational significance in hagiographic and theological literature. The deeds of martyrdom included the enduring of various temptations and overcoming difficulties that led one to communication with God. Through pastoral care, this model was translated into the public consciousness of the Byzantines and became an active practice. The imitatio principle determined both literary and behavioral models of the Middle Ages in both the West and the East.

Ny Johanneskommentar

This review-article presents and discusses a new Danish commentary on the Gospel of John written by Helge Kjær Nielsen. The present commentary is the fourth volume in a rather unique Danish series on the New Testament: Dansk Kommentar til det Nye Testamente (= DKNT), edited by Sigfred Pedersen. The present review pays credit to the commentary’s careful and thorough way of introducing the reader to the Gospel of John, in general, and, in particular, to the symbolic world of ideas and terms to be found in the text and composition of the Fourth Gospel. Mainly the prologue and the farewell discourse are considered to belong to the more successful exegetical parts of the commentary. Although, however, the introductory section of the commentary promises to read and discuss the text of John mainly from the perspective of theological literature, the text-orientated analysis from a communicative point of view tends to be overshadowed by a detail-exegetical discussion concerning grammatical, syntactic and semantic questions. Furthermore, the commentary seems to consider some of the miracles and other supernatural notions in John, besides their function as literary-theological markers in the text, to be historical facts.

For the genre analysis of Nikoloz Gulaberisdze’s works

Nikoloz Gulaberisdze's work - " Reading the column alive, the a Robe of the Lord and the Catholic Church" - simultaneously reveals the specific characteristics of several branches of theological literature, namely: hagiographic, homiletic, polemical, historical, philosophical, hymnographic genres. Therefore, it should be considered as polygenre works, for which it is necessary to discuss the composition of the works. The first publisher of the works, Mikhail-Gobron Sabinin, considered it a synaxarium  (Sabinin, 1882). According to Korneli Kekelidze, the work is of the hagiographic genre, but it also contains philosophical discussions and follows the traces of the works of the historical genre. He compared "Reading" to Leonti Mroveli's writings about the conversion of Georgians and paid special attention to the miraculous episodes (Kekelidze, 1960: 318-319). The scientist did not specify that the essay is polygenre, but his reasoning provides the basis for expressing this opinion. About the composition of Nikoloz Gulaberisdze's works, Ivane Javakhishvili said that it is in two parts: the first one contains historical information about the royal robe and the Christianization of Georgians by St. by Nino, and in the second - it depicts the robe of the Lord, Svetitskhovli and St. Nino's old and new miracles; At the end, "Gikharoden" injection was added. From his reasoning, it can be seen that the work is considered a work imbued with historical and philosophical issues, which also suggests the polygenre nature of the works (Javakhishvili, 1977: 396-409). Nikoloz Gulaberisdze had a predecessor in terms of composition and genre of his works in the form of Iovane Sabanisdze, whose opinion about the polygenre nature of his works was expressed by K. Kekelidze, while Laura Grigolashvili substantiated it in essence and distinguished the beginnings of several genres confirmed in the writings: epistolary, homiletic, exegetical, panegyrics (Grigolashvili, 2018: 81-96). It should be noted that G. Kuchukhidze's monographic work, a doctoral dissertation, in which the writings of Iovane Sabanisdze are discussed in relation to virtually all theological fields. The report discusses the genre and compositional diversity of Nikoloz Gulaberisdze's works. We considered the title of the work itself to be noteworthy: " Reading the column alive, the a Robe of the Lord and the Catholic Church", which is characteristic of homiletic works. That is why it is called "Question". It depicts the polemics of Christian religion and paganism, it mixes story-history, the same story-history and story-miracle, the same God's will-miracle, the reflection of which has one goal: to show the spiritual transformation of the Georgian nation and its spiritual mission. The story-history, story-history is imagined in a philosophical aspect, and the story, the reflection of the news of the conversion of Georgians by the Lord Robe and Saint Nino, along with the religious one, also implies an aesthetic vision, ends with

The sensus fidei and Synodality: Theological Epistemology and the munus propheticum

The sensus fidei and Synodality: Theological Epistemology and the munus propheticum Bernhard Blankenhorn O.P. IN THE YEARS before and after the Second Vatican Council, Yves Congar famously called for a renewed ecclesiology that integrated both Christological and pneumatological approaches to the Church. The French Dominican sought a synthetic vision in which the themes of the Church’s apostolicity and the hierarchical powers transmitted by Christ would be framed within a rich understanding of the Church as a communion of grace, in which the Church’s perennity would not exclude her historicity or the Spirit’s work today.1 One can approach the overall program of advancing synodality as a way better to accentuate the pneumatological element of ecclesial life. Congar’s vast corpus of ecclesiological writings remains a treasure for the Church today, partly because of his astounding grasp of the theological tradition, and partly because his systematics remained animated by the properly theological task of faith seeking understanding. In this way, from his early writings on the theology of the laity forward, Congar exemplified a way of thinking about synodality and its pneumatological potential: to draw widely from the Church’s long [End Page 311] tradition, to acknowledge the historicity of the Church’s structures while refusing to give strictly sociological or political categories the last word, and to avoid one-sided theological solutions (such as a return to early modern Christo-monist ecclesiologies that reduce the laity to passive listeners of a teaching Church, or Pneuma-monist approaches that evacuate the apostolic tradition or ecclesial hierarchy altogether). The present article adopts a Congarian approach to believers’ supernatural sense of the faith (sensus fidei), specifically, by a modest proposal as to how we can best articulate the way in which this supernatural mode of cognition comes about. This article proposes the outline of a subchapter of theological epistemology in view of today’s ecclesial and theological debate on the true meaning of synodality. The theological payoff for seeking such an epistemology is manifold. Much confusion reigns around the question of how exactly the sensus fidei can be identified. Should we especially consult practicing Catholics, such as the laity most engaged in parochial life and evangelization, or faithful members of religious orders? What about fallen-away or barely practicing Catholics? What are we to make of voices on the margins, among so-called progressives or traditionalists? Do charismatic gifts inform the sensus fidei? And more broadly, how are we to interpret the sensus fidei in light of Scripture, Tradition, and magisterial teaching? The questions surrounding the role of the sensus fidei and its noetic character touch on numerous core ecclesiological issues. I. Preliminary Considerations The link between the sensus fidei and synodality has emerged with some frequency in recent magisterial documents and theological literature. Pope Francis’s apostolic constitution on the Synod of Bishops, Episcopalis Communio (2018) makes this connection explicit, and we find it several times in the International Theological Commission’s document Synodality in [End Page 312] the Life and Mission of the Church (2018).2 The same commission’s other recent text, Sensus fidei in the Life of the Church (2014) offers the most extensive teaching to date on the sensus fidei by a body of the Roman curia.3 Several recent collections of theological essays and monographs also take up this link, directly or indirectly.4 Still, much work remains to be done on the sensus fidei in general, and on its noetic aspects in particular.5 An epistemological lacuna remains in the theology of the sensus fidei, though part of its foundation has been laid. The work of John Henry Newman on the need to consult the lay faithful and Yves Congar’s preconciliar writings on the place of the laity in the Church helped to inspire the fathers of Vatican II to overcome the premodern dichotomy between the teaching and the listening Church.6 Newman’s theology on this question arose from his historical studies of the Arian crisis, while his [End Page 313] conviction about the importance of consulting the laity is linked to his theology of faith as a work of grace in man’s conscience and the...

The Literary Legacy of Kallistos Angelikoudes: an Attempt at Systematization

"This article explores the little studied and partially unpublished literary corpus of Kallistos Angelikoudes, one of the most fascinating late Byzantine hesychast authors. It addresses some of the problems associated with the manuscript tradition of his writings and offers a new approach to the systematization of his oeuvre. Despite the uncertainty regarding the identification of the two groups of texts that make up the “books” of Angelikoudes’ literary corpus, that is, the Hesychastic Education and the Hesychastic Consolation, this article advances an argument with regard to the possible composition of these works. Keywords: Kallistos Angelikoudes, Discourses, Chapters, Byzantine hesychasm, Mount Athos, Philokalia, manuscript tradition, genres of Byzantine theological literature, ascetic miscellanea "

Active participation in Catholic school-based liturgy

In England and Wales, diocesan inspectors are charged with assessing the overall quality of Catholic education provided by Catholic schools. As part of this assessment, inspectors are required to give an account of the liturgical life of the school. Often the reports which result from these inspections refer to the degree of students’ ‘active participation’ in liturgy. This terminology has its roots in Biblical and patristic theological literature. Its meaning has evolved over time and has been used to describe a wide range of seemingly diffuse human behaviours. This article casts light on the meaning of ‘active participation’ in the context of Diocesan inspectors and offers some reflections on how this term could be refined in order to make diocesan inspections more informative.

John Trevisa’s Information Age: Knowledge and the Pursuit of Literature, c. 1400

John Trevisa’s Information Age: Knowledge and the Pursuit of Literature, c. 1400

О пластической составляющей творчества

Background. The problem of creativity and giftedness, due to the specifics of the subject, does not lend itself well to traditional methods of scientific research. In addition, psychology is occupied almost exclusively with intellectual giftedness, and the problem of artistic giftedness remains the least developed. Objective of the work is to outline the path to understanding personal qualities of the artist-creator as the psychological conditions for the birth and implementation of artistic ideas. Methods. Analysis and generalization of data from psychological, philosophical, theological literature and self-reports of art masters on the problems of artistic creativity and the creative nature of human. Results. It is shown that the essence of artistic and creative giftedness is impossible to understand by studying individual personality traits statistically associated with it. Another way, found to be promising, is the study of giftedness as a free manifestation of initiative in a particular activity. However, this activity must be supplemented and preceded by a “plastic” ability to perceive reality contemplatively. As the masters of art themselves testify, a truly artistic idea is not initially generated by the artist’s arbitrary activity, it is rather perceived as something unexpected and requiring realization by means of one or another art. In this regard, the article raises the question of the male-female, androgynous nature of a creative person. Examples are given of how this problem was comprehended at the bodily, mental and spiritual levels. Conclusion. An artist, as well as a teacher of art disciplines, needs to overcome the one-sided “masculine” approach to creativity as an activity and pay attention to the need to educate in himself (or in his students) the ability to “creative contemplation” of life. This spiritual and practical task cannot be solved with the help of methodological recommendations of a general order, it requires individual internal work. Never the less, there are examples that show that this task is solvable and suggest possible solutions. Favorable psychological conditions that children are endowed with make it solvable in pedagogical practice.