Diakonia - Evangélikus Szemle, 1981
1981 / 1. szám - Summary
Diakonia Lutheran Review Summary The significance of human factors in economic life is highlighted by Bishop Zoltán Káldy. After emphasizing mainly creativity and the emotional attitude to work he explains the role of the moral factors mentioning also the viewpoints characteristic of Lutheran ethics. Pastor Imre Veöreös, editor of this journal reports on his interview with Professor János Szentágothai, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian neuroscientist discusses the philosophical and spiritual implications of modern brain sciences. In the light of information theory and computer sciences, the most recent knowledge of the physical functions of the brain does not support either the traditional reductionalist or the explicit dualistic views in the age-old quest of ‘brain-mind’ relationship. A synthetic view of the most recent developments does not relieve the individual from the responsibility of making a personal choice in questions concerning the purpose and meaning of existence. In the series on contemporary theologians Tibor Fabiny Jr. presents Reinhold Niebuhr’s life work and publishes the following two longer passages from his book ‘The Nature and Destiny of Man’: The Classical View of Man; The Christian View of Man. Sociologist Mária Novák’s article relates to the International Year of the Disabled Persons. After reviewing situations in developing and in developed countries she discusses in detail the statistical estimates for permanently disabled persons in Hungary, the responsibility of the human environment, and sums up the tasks in three categories: prevention, rehabilitation, and attitude towards the disabled. Professor of music Árpád Fasang writes about Béla Bartók, on the cenPublication of the Lutheran Church in Hungary Responsible Editor: Dr. Zoltán Káldy Editor: Imre Veöreös Editorial and Publishing Office: H—1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 12. Subscriptions to above address. Published every six months. Annual subscription 110,— Forints. tenary of his birth, that even today many find his music difficult to understand. The way the composer himself got close to Liszt’s most advanced works that he previously found incomprehensible is a good example of how to overcome this problem. Bar- tók’s music, as he himself confessed, gradually became more and more simple, it is therefore well to study his works in their reverse sequence of composition. Gyula Nagy, Professor of Systematic Theology in Budapest provides information on WCC, CPC, LWF and CEC programmes and decisions in quest for peace emphasizing that these activities, in their everyday life, presuppose and need the intercession, witnessing and service of the churches and congregations, at all levels. Zsuzsanna Erdélyi, the internationally known researcher of Hungarian archaic popular prayers has until recently been collecting and analysing mainly catholic material reflecting medieval literary and religious traces, some dating even further back to more ancient roots. With this article Mrs. Erdélyi is extending her researches to seek any ancient Lutheran popular prayers. The diary type memoirs of Hungarian Lutheran pastor Gábor Sztehlo, who died in Switzerland in 1974, is a record of his children saving activity in Budapest during 1944—45. His persecuted charges were sheltered in 32 private homes where with the help of the Swiss organisation of the International Red Cross he and his associates saved and spiritually tended close on 1000 children. The first part of the diary kept in the Lutheran Archives is being published by journalist Éva Bozóky. See also the full table of contents in English and German languages.
