신의 도성과 세속도시

Abstract

The main purpose of this thesis is to see theological connections between the "city of God" and secular cities. More precisely, in this thesis, we analyze the secularization of the city and the problem of "civitas Dei" itself, and what kind of crisis is meaningful to the secular city by understanding of God's city as follows We also want to clarify what kind of grounds can be provided for the existence of secular city. Actually since the near and modern times the secularization has developed rapidly and the secularization and the "civitas Dei" can be seen to have raised exclusive relationships to the extremes. Before the modern era, while recognizing "civitas Dei" as an idea's world, it may be a battle of the Christian world view, which recognized only the impractical and pessimistic world of the real world. These relationships are never informative either by worldly cities or by Christian pursuing "civitas Dei". Fortunately, today there is the possibility of secularization and various interpretations of God's city. How can the theological interpretation of the capital of God gain its persuasive power in secular cities where the presence of heavenly conductivity is thoroughly questioned and denied? Conversely, since the secular city can reacquire or acquire representations conforming to its fundamental purpose, what is the positive contribution that "civitas Dei" can provide? From my point of view, this last question seems to have essentially meaningfulness due to the subsequent theological debate of the city today, to seek theological answers to this question.