PRAKSA VJERE U GRADU DANAS I SUTRA PASTORAL U KONTEKSTU KULTURALNIH PROMJENA.

Christian faith does not owe its existence to any human culture, insofar as its foundation are laid by the supernatural source. Nevertheless, it is a well-known fact that in its realisation, it has a need for expressive forms of the cultural order. These forms are always and in various ways conditioned by concrete givens, frameworks, and elements of human co-existence and organisation, among which »city« has a special place. According to clear and multiple socio-demographic indicators, for centuries and decades, city is, in various intensities and forms, a special target of millions of people who were and are trying to realise their desire for meaningful and happy life. In other words, city has been for a long time, and is especially today, in the state of expansion. That expansion influences, in various ways, contemporary forms of living out faith in city. This article, therefore, engages with the topic of theological-pastoral discernment of today's state of practice of faith in city in Croatian and similar, culturally related European urban environments and offers a theological-practical analysis of trends related to this area that will obviously be current also in the future. Since the issue of concrete realisation of Christian faith in this environment is hardly a marginal social issue, it demands a systematic approach, especially in terms of a theological analysis of conditions of living out Christian faith amidst cultural changes of urban environment. Hence, the article puts emphasis on relating elements of faith with certain newer cultural forms while aiming at seeking possible solutions that might be of help in the future when it comes to quality encounters between human cultures and faith in the urban environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]