Reflections on work
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This article by Pierre Rosniansky offers a theological and social reflection on the meaning of work from an Eastern Christian Orthodox perspective. Adopting both a speculative and historical approach, the author examines the crisis of meaning experienced by modern man, uprooted from his cosmic origins by industrial civilization and the dominance of technology. He distinguishes three conceptions of work — autonomous, endured as a curse, or experienced as a blessing — before questioning the figure of the one who works, contrasting the individual and the person. Drawing on John Chrysostom and Maximus the Confessor, he identifies the patristic foundations of an anthropology of work. The article also traces the historical attempts at an Orthodox socio-Christian trade unionism and concludes with the necessity, for Orthodox thought, of articulating salvation, creation, and culture within an integral vision of human vocation.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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