RT Article
T1 "Communitas": belonging and the order of being
JF International journal of philosophy and theology
VO 79
IS 1/2
SP 194
OP 212
A1 Greenaway, James ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1571245286
AB Human existence is intrinsically community-oriented. Persons find themselves as responsible in community. This is a classical and Christian insight that is supported by significant contemporary philosophers such as Gabriel Marcel and Emmanuel Levinas. This article makes the claim that to thrive as a person is to belong; indeed, that it is the experience of belonging that satisfies the human need for meaning, value, and purpose. The article proceeds by considering the term "community." In itself, "community" is a common sense term. However, it is also a symbol with dimensions of meaning beyond common sense implicit within it. For the sake of a richer understanding of belonging, this article proposes to discuss some of those dimensions under three headings: Dynamism; Communion; and Consummation. "Dynamism" relates to the members of a community whose mutual participation constitutes the characteristics of that community. "Communion" considers the emergence of genuine community, as opposed to general association, from the prior mutual will to accommodate the Other(s) in the self. "Consummation" considers the significance of communion as both the goal and fulfilment of each person and community. Put another way, consummation is the perfection of belonging.
K1 Belonging
K1 Communion
K1 Community
K1 Levinas
K1 Marcel
K1 Plato
K1 Voegelin
DO 10.1080/21692327.2018.1426486