Moralisk historieskrivning - utan moralism. Kritiska anmärkningar till den moderna kyrkohistorien
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Summary, in English
A moral Historiography without Moralism. Critical views on modern Church History.
Efforts for realism without moral judgments have identified morals with present legislation. This leads to positivistic positions, where moral questions are being answered with references to historical legal situations only, without moral implications. With the political changes 1989-1990 followed a change in historiography. This became a problem to historians who saw their task not only in judgment, but in understanding and explaining history. A reverse danger is re-perspectivation and policial instrumentalisation. Post-modern theories may not excuse historical relativism. To avoid moralism, we must understand the difference between theological and political discourses. Moralism may be regarded as a secular confessionalism. Moralism in historiography will lead to immoral consequences. In moral historiography without moralism I find a position between moralism and relativism. Moral principles may be found in natural theology or in the Declaration of Human Rights. We encounter moral dilemmmas both in history and in future. While making moral judgements, we must understand history as a moral problem with several possibilities.
Efforts for realism without moral judgments have identified morals with present legislation. This leads to positivistic positions, where moral questions are being answered with references to historical legal situations only, without moral implications. With the political changes 1989-1990 followed a change in historiography. This became a problem to historians who saw their task not only in judgment, but in understanding and explaining history. A reverse danger is re-perspectivation and policial instrumentalisation. Post-modern theories may not excuse historical relativism. To avoid moralism, we must understand the difference between theological and political discourses. Moralism may be regarded as a secular confessionalism. Moralism in historiography will lead to immoral consequences. In moral historiography without moralism I find a position between moralism and relativism. Moral principles may be found in natural theology or in the Declaration of Human Rights. We encounter moral dilemmmas both in history and in future. While making moral judgements, we must understand history as a moral problem with several possibilities.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Svenska
Sidor
49-57
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift
Volym
88
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Gleerups Utbildning AB
Ämne
- Religious Studies
Nyckelord
- moral
- moralism
- historiography
- church history
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0039-6761