FEATURES OF THE PORTRAIT OF AN ORTHODOX ENTREPRENEUR IN THE CONTEXT OF ORTHODOXY IN EGYPT
/ЧЕРТЫ ПОРТРЕТА ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЯ В КОНТЕКСТЕ СУЩЕСТВОВАНИЯ ПРАВОСЛАВИЯ В ЕГИПТЕ/

Oleg SOSKIN

associate professor, National Academy of Management, Institute of Society Transformation, Kiev, post office box 297, Ukraine, editor@osp.com.uadirector, 0038096521 0508

Abstract

The modern development of the world economy is characterized by an extreme increase in the competition of various civilizational spiritual information systems. In this regard, an analysis of the existing religious moral paradigms and their functioning at the level of various religious doctrines acquires extraordinary relevance. In order to show in what spiritual and, as a result, social environment, the life of modern Orthodox entrepreneurs proceeds, and what challenges they face today, determining their behavior and approaches to self-realization in different spheres of life, the article analyzes the main religious paradigms and doctrines, their elements are shown, a comparison is made with the Christian Orthodox paradigm and doctrine. A modern eclectic doctrine has been synthesized. The purpose of this article is to characterize and highlight the main features of the portrait of an Orthodox entrepreneur in its combined manifestation and functioning. A very important example for describing the portrait of an Orthodox businessman is the experience of Egypt, in particular the Copts, as the Orthodox part of Egyptian society, which for centuries managed to preserve the essence of Christian Orthodox teaching, despite their opposition to the competition with Muslims, atheists, and pagans. To date, the Copts have created a very powerful class of fairly wealthy people who are both Orthodox Orthodox Christians and private entrepreneurs, investors. The experience of modern Egypt, the development of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic community show how Orthodox entrepreneurship can effectively develop in a very tough modern society, how Orthodoxy can contribute to the development of private business based on labor ownership and productive private capitalist activity.

Keywords

Christian Orthodox doctrine; information economy; Christian Orthodox entrepreneur; features of Christian Orthodox entrepreneur’s portrait; Christian Orthodox moral paradigm; Egypt; Coptic Christian Orthodox church; development of Christianity in Egypt; monkhood in Egypt

SUMMARY

Modern world economy development is characterized by tremendous competition strengthening among various civilization spiritual-information systems. In this regard, analysis of existing religious and moral paradigms and their operation on the various doctrines` level gains extreme relevance. The article presents analysis of main religious doctrines and paradigms, shows their elements, compares Orthodox Christian paradigm and doctrine, in order to demonstrate which spiritual and (as a result) social environment surrounds modern Christian Orthodox entrepreneurs, which challenges are facing them today, determining their behaviour and approaches to self-realization within various life layers. Modern eclectic doctrine has been synthesized. The goal of this article is to characterize and determine Christian Orthodox entrepreneur’s main features within his complex exhibition and performance. The Egypt’s experience, in particular, of Copts, is extremely significant example for description of Orthodox Christian entrepreneur`s portrait, as Christian Orthodox part within Egyptian society, who managed to preserve essence of Christian Orthodox teaching throughout centuries, despite competitive activity with Muslims, atheists, pagans. As of today, Copts created very powerful layer of quite wealthy people, who are Orthodox Christians and private entrepreneurs simultaneously. The modern Egypt’s experience, Coptic Christian Orthodox church development and Coptic community reveal how Christian Orthodox entrepreneurship may be developed efficiently within modern, harsh society, and also give the way for Orthodox Christianity to assist private business development, which is based on labour property and productive, private, capitalistic activity.

(Language: russian)

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