Diakonia - Evangélikus Szemle, 1986
1986 / 2. szám - Summary, Aus dem Inhalt
Diakonia Lutheran Review Summary The opening article in this issue contains a meditation by Paul Tillich on John 12:44—50.: ’He who believes In me...’ (The New Being. New York 1955). A Hungarian Protestant delegation visited China at the end of 1985. Bishop Gyula Nagy recounts the experiences in his travel diary. Chinese Christianity today is experiencing a period of dynamic revival. Living hope and throbbing vitality were encountered everywhere. The Chinese have fought a hard (battle for the new way of the Church. Reflecting upon 1986 proclaimed the world year of peace, Reformed Bishop Károly Tóth, President of the Christian Peace Conference, raises the question: why do we Christians and churches have to work for peace? The article addresses in detail the motivations, the goals, and the specific methods of the Christian peace efforts and discusses the timely tasks facing the Christian Peace Conference. The journal presents three significant essays which were read at the scientific session organised by the Lutheran Church in commemoration of the Luther year. Academician Domokos Kosáry describes the Lutheran raid in Hungary’s cultural history. Benedictine Arch—Abbot of Pannonhalma András Szennay explains that the burden of the Luther image carried in Roman Catholic theology for close on four-hundred years has in our century been subjected to re-exami- nation by a number of Roman Catholic theologians from both historical and dogmatic points of view. Catholic theology today definitely considers Luther timely and important to which especially Vatican II. has given significant impetus. Publication of the Lutheran Church in Hungary Responsible editor: Dr. Zoltán Káldy Editor: Imre Veörebs Editorial and Publishing Office. H—1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 12. Subscriptions to above address. Published every six months. Annual subscription: 130,— Forints. Roman Catholic professor of theology Tamás Nyíri explains in his article the causes, the essence and the main characteristics of South American liberation theology. Its unique character is derived from the dialectic unity of theory and practice. Finally he highlights the three levels of liberation proclaimed in this theology. Gábor Winkler characterises the artistry of space design in the big Lutheran churches built during the latter part of 08 in Pozsony, Sopron and Győr. According to recent analysis these churches were built in the very early classicist style. Each is a full and convincingly beautiful variation of the selfsame basic design. More recent researches indicate that the church at Győr reflects the indirect influence of French Protestant architecture. The journal has made a significant Hungarian eontributior towards celebrating the anniversaries of Ferenc Liszt’s birth and death by commissioning musician Imre Sulyok to review the new entire edition of Liszt’s musical compositions. For many years Sulyok has played a prominent role in this work and some years ago he published an article in this journal about the Lutheran aspects in Liszt’s life-work. A selection of C. G. Jung’s memoirs and essays in the compilation of Aniela Jaffe, a pupil of his, is expected to appear next year in Hungarian translation. This issue carries excerpts, mainly of religious bearing, followed by a theological evaluation of Jung’s ideas by editor Imre Veörebs. Besides the papers reviewed above also a Table of Contents may be found in English and German.