<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>As the modern world oscillates between powerful contrasts and profound discords, while promoting an individualistic relativism and placing excessive value on the biological life, seen as the only means towards fulfillment for a human existence reduced almost exclusively to the material plane, as the modern secularist views dispute Christian spiritual values more and more, the Church is called to adopt a new type of ministry. The Creed of the post modern society is the “transvaluation of all values”, which questioning and criticizing everything that offers stability to a society by anchoring it to history and tradition. Therefore, pornography, homosexuality, abortion, licentiousness and divorce have become everyday realities promoted through media and elevated to the level of a mandatory normality. Sex is now not only a commodity, but also a means to controlling the person. To overcome this real social crisis of the modern secularized society, the Christians of the 21st century are called to rediscover their liturgical vocation and the true meaning and power of the Worship with all its eschatological, ecclesiological, ascetical and cosmic dimensions and content.</p></abstract>

As the modern world oscillates between powerful contrasts and profound discords, while promoting an individualistic relativism and placing excessive value on the biological life, seen as the only means towards fulfillment for a human existence reduced almost exclusively to the material plane, as the modern secularist views dispute Christian spiritual values more and more, the Church is called to adopt a new type of ministry. The Creed of the post modern society is the “transvaluation of all values”, which questioning and criticizing everything that offers stability to a society by anchoring it to history and tradition. Therefore, pornography, homosexuality, abortion, licentiousness and divorce have become everyday realities promoted through media and elevated to the level of a mandatory normality. Sex is now not only a commodity, but also a means to controlling the person. To overcome this real social crisis of the modern secularized society, the Christians of the 21st century are called to rediscover their liturgical vocation and the true meaning and power of the Worship with all its eschatological, ecclesiological, ascetical and cosmic dimensions and content.

Sexuality and its Deviations in the Post-Modern World

Ciprian Ioan Streza, Professor of Liturgics, Andrei Saguna Orthodox Theological Faculty Sibiu. Address: Str. Mitropoliei 31, 550179 Sibiu,

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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As the modern world oscillates between powerful contrasts and profound discords, while promoting an individualistic relativism and placing excessive value on...

Sexuality and its Deviations in the Post-Modern World

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 423 - 432

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0030

Keywords
Sexual liberation, Sexual revolution, Pornography, Christian ethics, Addiction, Eroticism

© 2016 Ciprian Ioan Streza, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sexuality and its Deviations in the Post-Modern World

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 423 - 432

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0030

KeywordsSexual liberation, Sexual revolution, Pornography, Christian ethics, Addiction, Eroticism

© 2016 Ciprian Ioan Streza, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sexual liberation, Sexual revolution, Pornography, Christian ethics, Addiction, Eroticism