In the mirror of the New Testament, helping is an authentic expression of being human. The focus is on the people who need help but should not remain dependent on it. Therefore, empathy and effectiveness are important virtues of helping. Helping makes people happy when it is done out of charity; helping brings misfortune when it becomes a means to an end. The ethos of helping is based on faith in God, who alone is able to save people's lives. This theocentrism relativises human helping and thus justifies the focus on what is humanly possible, but also the hope of transcending these limits, so that no one needs help any more, because all are filled with God's love.

Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2021/6 Zweimonatsschrift (2021)

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Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie

Personen: Söding, Thomas

Schlagwörter: Theologie Hilfe Neues Testament Evangelien Seligpreisung