IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vrs/jpepsi/v22y2016i1p17-40n1.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The culture of unity and some of the great challenges of humankind today

Author

Listed:
  • Cepedano Jesús Morán

    (Focolare Movement, Grotta Ferrata, Italy)

Abstract

This text explores some of the great challenges present in the cultural landscape of today, such as globalization and its associated phenomena – (internationalisation and ultra-contemporaneousness); exasperated economism with its outcome in the scrap culture; the “piecemeal third world war”, according to Pope Francis’ effective expression, which is connected with a widespread and still poorly understood post-humanism and transhumanism; nihilism and the eclipse of religion as an institution. It considers the light that might be shed by the culture arising from the Focolare’s charism of unity, in order to address these challenges rigorously and without hasty demonizing. The overall picture is not intended to be negative but, without being naive, to offer an interpretation that is able to discern the work of the Spirit in the dramatic scenario of present times.

Suggested Citation

  • Cepedano Jesús Morán, 2016. "The culture of unity and some of the great challenges of humankind today," Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration, Sciendo, vol. 22(1), pages 17-40, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:jpepsi:v:22:y:2016:i:1:p:17-40:n:1
    DOI: 10.1515/pepsi-2016-0001
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/pepsi-2016-0001
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/pepsi-2016-0001?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vrs:jpepsi:v:22:y:2016:i:1:p:17-40:n:1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.sciendo.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.