THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND POLITICS INTHE WORK OF THE DIPLOMAT DAG HAMMARSKJOLD(1905-1961)

摘要

THE PERSONALITY AND WORK OF THE SWEDISH DIPLOMAT DAG HAMMARSJKOLD (1905-1961) –THE SECOND UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE RIKSBANK (THE BANK OFSWEDEN) AND ACTIVIST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AMONG THE UN MEMBRE STATES,WHO DIED TRAFICALLY IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1960, WHEN HE WAS TRAVELLING FORSOLUTIONATE THE CONGO CRISE, ARE UNFORTUNATELY LITTLE KONWN IN THE FIELD OF BOTHORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC THEOLOGY. NEITHER ARE HIS IDEAS PROPERLY VALORIZED, DESPITETHEIR IMPORTANCE, TOUCHING UPON POLITICAL, DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC ANT THEOLOGICALASPECTS.IN THIS CONTEXT, THIS PAPER AIMS HIGHLIGHTING THE INTERWINING THEOLOGICAL,ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL ELEMENTS IN HIS WORK AND LIFE. THUS, WE SHALLRECREATE IN A HOLISTIC MANNER HIS BODY OF WORK AN ACTIVITY. TO THIS INTENT, WE SHALLANALYTE BOTH HIS WORK, ESPECLIALLY HIS BOOK MARKINGS, BUT NOT ONLY, ANT THE FEWRESEARCH PAPERS WHICC TACKLE HIS WRITINGS AND ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, WE SHALL TRYTO OBSERVE THE UTILITY OF HIS IDEAS AT THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE RESPONSE OF THECONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.