Miracle as a Message: Cosmological, Anthropological and Educational Implications

The purpose of this article is to explain in religious, secular, and post-secular contexts the functional potential conceptualizing miracle as a text or message with motivational effect. Theoretical basis. Max Weber, Ernst Tugendhat, Alexander Geppert Till Kössler analysed processes enchantment disenchantment world on philosophical representatives Frankfurt school (Theodor Adorno, Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin) their followers describe cultural post-secularism (Jürgen Habermas, Peter Sloterdijk) detail. logic social representation amazing events descriptions can be realized by combining hermeneutic analysis functionalist approach based model Niklas Luhmann discursive ethics Karl-Otto Apel. Originality. Desired cultural, political situations society often arise unexpectedly suddenly, which provokes characterize them miracle. However, at basis emergence such are rules communication, particular those that provide for asymmetric communication questions await answers. A appears moment transformation into symmetrical one: each specific miracle-phenomenon needs its own metaphorical understanding interpretation message. Conclusions. proposes an phenomenon cosmological, anthropological educational implications. Some tendencies fixed communicative turn contemporary philosophy also contributed considering objective subjective representations. semantics according relevant problem fields. functionality examined ability show orientation societies tendency post-secularity. fusion Pre-modernity Late Modernity taking account when described accordingly functionality. enchanting disenchanting dialectic explained cosmic events.