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ard of their human and moral qualities? Furthermore, should young people
recognize and develop their intellectual and creative abilities, as well as critical
consciousness towards society they live in, or contemporary society does not
need it? Can the idea of curriculum follow that path? Is it necessary to pursue
abilities of critical thinking? Difficulties “on the way to it”, situation in Croatia
and other countries.
MARCEL V. MĂCELARU
Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia /
Evanđeoski teološki fakultet, Osijek, Hrvatska
THE BIBLE AS A DOCUMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
This article addresses the issue of the legitimacy of using and teaching the
Bible within a university context. It is argued that the Bible remains relevant
at three levels:
1. as a historical artifact it provides socio-historical data on several centuries
of Ancient Near Eastern history;
2. as a piece of world literature its impact on humanity’s cultural output and
the resulting connections to various disciplines should not be ignored;
3. as a religious document it is an important factor in the sociopolitical
makeup of the contemporary world and its power to further shape our
communities should be explored.
The article also shows that, although all the above have been true in the
past, there is a new role the Bible may play as a document of the university.
Within the contemporary context, in which higher education is predominantly
secular, the Bible has lots of promise as counter-culture – and since questioning
the status quo is a must in any scientific inquiry, the role the Bible may
play within contemporary university education should be reevaluated.
BIBLIJA KAO DOKUMENT SVEUČILIŠTA
Ovaj rad se bavi pitanjem legitimnosti korištenja i poučavanja Biblije u
kontekstu sveučilišta. Smatra se da je Biblija i dalje relevantna na tri razine:
1. kao povijesni artefakt nudi društveno-povijesne podatke o nekoliko stoljeća
antičke bliskoistočne povijesti;
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