Diaconia (Jun 2012)
Religion between the private and the public - about diaconal studies as an academic field
Abstract
The science of diaconia should focus on the religion as a source between individuals and society. Therefore the science of diaconia has to leave the more spiritual perspective on the individual and relate to what happens in the relation between the Christian social practice and society. Researchers have to understand that religion is more public than they thought it to be. The science of diaconia should therefore look for religion and practices with religious impact in the welfare conditions in pluralist modern societies
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