Käännynnäisistä seurakuntalaisiksi
Retorinen analyysi kirkkoon liittyneiden asemaa käsittelevistä kirjoituksista kahdessa ortodoksilehdessä
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Ortodoksikristillisyys, Ortodoksinen kirkko, Käännynnäisyys, Aamun Koitto-lehti, Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, Ortodoksiviesti-lehtiAbstrakti
From Converts to Members: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Discussion concerning the Status of New Adult Members in the Orthodox Community in Two Orthodox Periodicals — The relationship between people who have been baptized into the Finnish Orthodox Church as children and those who have become members as adults has sometimes been described as strained. In this article, I analyze how this relationship is depicted in articles published in two Finnish Orthodox periodicals between 1980 and 2019. Using rhetorical analysis, I identify four themes of central importance to this discussion: the connection between Orthodoxy and culture, the preservation of Orthodox tradition, the Great Commission, and Christian ethics. In the analysis, I also show how the debate surrounding the treatment of converts has dwindled down over time, as their presence in the community has become more common and accepted.
