Kampf der Korruption
Theologische Ansatze und Anfragen in Geschichte und Gegenwart
by Andreas Pawlas
Paperback (Published)
(February 2017)
ISBN: 9783374048618
6.06 x 9.06 inches
Price: $111.00
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English summary: Currently there is to hear so much about the fighting against corruption nationally and internationally, but only a few posts come from the theology. This also has to do with conceptual ambiguities. The spectrum extends from business ‘favors’ and MPs bribery in antiquity and modernity, about medieval indulgences, and the long until the present usual purchase of offices, up to using the term ‘corruption’ as a tool in political struggles. Often one wants to counter corruption in particular through the adoption of harsh laws. So worth supporting such measures, their widespread ineffectiveness affirms the theological insight that corruption has to do with the basic ‘sinfulness’ of man. Therefore, it must be also the task of Christian churches in addition to supporting juridical and economic practices in the fight against corruption to exhibit first, how much corruption threatens to destroy the foundations of our society in the framework of the popular image of man embossed by rationality, but also by greed, and then, how this thinking and behavior can be overcome from the perspective of the Christian human being. German description: Zu Korruptionskritik ist gegenwartig national und international viel zu horen, nur wenige Beitrage allerdings entstammen der Theologie. Das hat auch mit begrifflichen Unklarheiten zu tun. Von geschaftlichen ‘Gefalligkeiten’ und Abgeordnetenbestechung in Antike und Moderne uber das mittelalterliche Ablasswesen und den noch lange ublichen Amterkauf bis hin zur Verwendung des Korruptionsbegriffs als Instrument im politischen Kampf reicht das Spektrum. Begegnen will man der Korruption vor allem durch die Verabschiedung scharfer Gesetze. So unterstutzenswert solche Maanahmen sind, ihre weitgehende Wirkungslosigkeit bekraftigt die theologische Einsicht, dass Korruption mit der grundsatzlichen ‘Sundhaftigkeit’ des Menschen zu tun hat. Daher muss es neben der Unterstutzung juristischer und wirtschaftlicher Vorgehensweisen im Kampf gegen die Korruption auch Aufgabe christlicher Kirchen sein aufzuweisen, wie sehr Korruption als ‘Habgier’ die Grundlagen unserer Gesellschaft zu zerstoren droht und wie aus der Perspektive des christlichen Menschenbildes solches Verhalten uberwunden werden kann.
- By (author) Andreas Pawlas
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