The Place of Theological Periodicals in European Theology and the Challenges of our Times

U članku se autor bavi pitanjem odnosa teoloških časopisa prema Crkvi, društvenom dimenzijom teoloških časopisa i praktičnim izazovima postavljenim pred izdavanje teoloških časopisa. Teološki časopisi imaju (kao i teologija uopće) poseban karakter. Teologija je znanost koja se mora opravdati, kao sve znanosti, pred forumom razuma; za znanost o vjeri i za znanost u vezi s Crkvom to je veliki izazov. No, taj posebni karakter teologije se mijenja, a time i karakter teoloških časopisa. Teologija se u nekim europskim zemljama razvija sve više u pravcu religijskih studija bez konfesionalnoga određenja. Europski standardi za znanstvene časopise često nisu adekvatni za naš predmet, a engleski jezik postaje sve važniji. A druge strane elektronički mediji predstavljaju veliki izazov i postavlja se pitanje budućnosti tiskanih medija. Teološki časopisi mogu samo svojim kvalitetom reagirati na taj izazov.This lecture dealt with issues of: relationship of theological periodicals to the Church; the social dimension of theological periodicals; and practical challenges facing the publication of theological periodicals: Theological periodicals (as well as theology in general) have a special character. Theology is a science that needs to justify -as do all sciences - before a forum of reason. This is a huge challenge for the science of religion and for science related to the Church. Nevertheless, this special character of theology is changing and so is the character of theological periodicals. In some European countries theology is developing more in the direction of religious studies (without any particular confessional determinant). European standards for scientific periodicals are often not adequate for our subject and English is becoming more and more important in them. On the other hand, electronic media is placing a huge challenge and imposes questions about the future of printed media. Theological periodicals can to these challenges react only with their quality