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Abstract: Twenty years after the collapse of Soviet-style command in Central and Eastern Europe,reconciliation with the past is still unsettled. It is either met with indifference or is rendered irrelevant by celebratory remembrance or political ideology. Although the past has permeated the collective consciousness of all nations in Europe, there is no such thing as a uniform culture of remembrance. The present paper firstly analysesthis current situation, with a closer look at the socio-psychological, interpretative historical and political factors in the context of the Central European nations, more closely in that of Hungary and its neighboring countries. The second part of the paper investigates the possible theological criteria of the culture of remembrance, with special focus on the Calvinist Reformed theology of justification. In this context the historical past must be dealt with as part of humankind’s fall and sin. Consequently, historical and collective sin must be delegated to the sin–remission of sin–grace context,in order to minimize future suffering. The »liberation« of Central European nations twenty years ago is worth considering in the light of the theological truth of biblical deliverance, and the reconciliation model of the church can serve as an example for civil society. A better understanding of the historical past is not an end in itself, but it can offer useful criteria which may in turn facilitate coping with today’s crisis and injustice, in the no less unjust world of globalization.
Keywords: reconciliation, past, remembrance, justification, historical sin. |
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