THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT AGAINST CONTEMPORARY CHANGES OF LABOUR AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR THE FAMILY: DIAGNOSES AND PROPOSALS FROM THE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES
Abstract
According to many social researchers, transformations in the sphere of labour, caused by technological progress, become a primary factor of contemporary social and cultural changes. A massively increasing technological joblessness, insufficient monitoring of the development of artificial intelligence, the spread of social exclusion, a deepening gap between the precariat on the one hand and meritocratic elite on the other, and consequently, an advancing crisis of social institutions are being listed as expected detrimental effects of the technological revolution. The transformations are also commented on and interpreted by various ecumenical organisations from the theological perspective, e.g. by the Conference of European Churches, and, in particular by its commission “Church Action on Labour and Life.” The article describes in a synthesizing way the changes of the sphere of labour and their consequences for the family, society and culture. Furthermore, it presents some specific proposals of answers, propounded by the ecumenists from the Conference of European Churches.
Keywords:
labour, family, technological progress, ecumenical movement, Conference of European ChurchesReferences
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