O CONCEITO BÍBLICO-TEOLÓGICO-PRÁTICO DE "DIACONIA": UMA ANÁLISE DAS DIMENSÕES SEMÂNTICAS DO TERMO COMO HORIZONTE PARA O SERVIÇO SOCIAL CRISTÃO.

The article proposes to delineate the concept of diakonia from the analysis of the various dimensions that the term presents both in the field of biblical theology and in the study of practical theology. Initially, seeks the New Testament bases for understanding the term "diakonia". After this biblical analysis, the article presents the perspectives proposed by the Lutheran theologian Kjell Nordstokke on the use that the term "diakonia" can have in the field of practical theology, that is, the diakonia as ethical responsibility, as ecclesiological principle and as ecclesiastical office. In the end, the article concludes that should not have a fully segmented understanding of these dimensions of diakonia, but must take a holistic view in order to weigh all the wealth involved in diaconal theology. Therefore, what is proposed is an interrelationship between these various conceptual divisions of the term, thus pointed to the importance of considering diakonia as an integrative activity that is oriented from the essence of its purpose, that is, to serve the neighbor and seek the glory of God above all things. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]