Church and Pluralism - Pluralism in Church. Serval Psyhological and Educational Remarks

Negativistički je apriorni stav psihologije u odnosu na Crkvu i religioznost kao takvu pridonio kritičnom preispitivanju ovog fenomena. Kritika se prije svega odnosi na loše posljedice jačanja institucionalizacije osobnog religioznog doživljaja kroz povijest: njime, naime, prvotni religiozni doživljaj gubi na svojoj vitalnosti i poprima forme krutog dogmatizma, što kod osoba s već postojećim smetnjama psiho-somatske prirode izaziva dodatne poteškoće. Novija istraživanja ne potvrđuju ustaljeno mišljenje o nužnim negativnim posljedicama institucionalizacije religioznosti: i sama institucija pod određenim uvjetima može biti vitalna i može poticati aktivnu participaciju svojih članova. Valja stoga pretpostaviti da veća liberalizacija odnosno pluralizam unutar crkvene strukture ne mora biti proporcionalno korelatan sa većom participacijom na religioznom planu. Daleko se više profilira model funkcioniranja dobrotvornih organizacija kao validna pomoć u promišljanju djelovanja Crkve kao institucije. Takav bi model zadovoljavao s jedne strane postojanje već zadanih temelja odnosno smjernica u Crkvi, a to je sustav dogmi, a s druge bi se strane otvorila mogućnost pluralističkog obogaćenja promišljanju što efikasnijeg djelovanja - posvješćivanje vlastite inter-disciplinarne i inter-kulturalne baštine.A negativistic and an a priory attitude of psychology towards Church and religiousness has contributed to a critical examination of this phenomenon. The criticism in the first place refers to bad consequences of a stronger institutionalisation of personal religious experience throughout history; namely it makes the original religious experience lose its vitality and assume forms of stiff dogmatism that can cause additional difficulties for individuals who already have psychosomatic disorders. The latest research has not confirmed the widespread belief that institutionalisation of religiousness necessarily has bad consequences: under certain conditions even the institution itself can be vital and can encourage an active participation of its members. Therefore, it should be assumed that greater liberalisation i.e. pluralism within the Church structure does not have to be in a proportional correlation with a higher participation in the religious area. A model of the operations of charities is more and more being profiled as a valuable help in the consideration of the work of Church as an institution. Such a model would satisfy the already established bases i.e. guidelines in Church represented by the system of dogmas and would also open a possibility for a richer pluralistic consideration of a more efficient work - awareness of your own inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural heritage