2019
Tui Fakalotú: Ko Ha Tāpuaki ki Heʻetau Moʻuí mo e Tukui Koló
Siulai 2019


Tui Fakalotú: Ko Ha Tāpuaki ki Heʻetau Moʻuí mo e Tukui Koló

Religion: A Blessing to Our Lives and Communities

Ko e tuí mo e tui fakalotú ko ha konga tefito ia ʻi he vakai pe ko hai kitautolú. ʻOku tokoniʻi ʻe he tuí mo e tui fakalotú fakalukufua ʻetau moʻui fakaʻahó. Kuo ʻiloʻi ʻi he fakatotolo lahi ʻa e ngaahi siasi faka-Kalisitiané mo e ngaahi tui fakalotu kehé ʻoku moʻui lelei ange ʻa e kakai tuí pea ngalingali te nau tokoni ki honau tukui koló. Ko e ola ʻo e fakatotolo ʻoku ʻoatu ko ʻení ko ha konga siʻi pē ia ʻo e ngaahi founga ʻoku fakatupulaki ai ʻe he tui fakalotú ʻetau moʻuí:

Kakai tui fakalotú:

Koló

  • Ngalingali fie ngāue tokoni,1 foaki ʻofa,2 mo kau ki he ngaahi kalapú mo e kulupú.3

Vā Fetuʻutakí

  • Moʻui lelei ange honau “ngaahi vā fetuʻutaki fakasōsialé mo tolonga [ange] ʻenau nofo-malí” kae pehē foki ki he tupulaki ʻenau feohi fakasōsialé.4

  • “Ngalingali te nau mali pea siʻisiʻi ke nau vete mali [pea ʻoku nau] fakahaaʻi ha tuʻunga fiemālie lahi ange ʻi honau ngaahi hoa malí.”5

Moʻui leleí

  • “Laka hake ʻi he vahe tolu ʻe tahá ʻoku ngalingali … ke nau pehē ʻoku nau fiefia ʻaupito.”6

  • Siʻisiʻi pea tātāitaha ange ke nau loto-mafasia mo loto-hohaʻa.7

  • Meimei moʻui lōloa ange ʻaki ha taʻu ʻe fitu ʻi he kakai ʻoku ʻikai ke nau tui fakalotú.8

Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Fakamatalá

  1. Vakai, Arthur C. Brooks, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It (2008), 52.

  2. Vakai, Rodney Stark, America’s Blessings: How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists (2012), 4.

  3. Vakai, Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone (2000), 66–67.

  4. Tyler J. VanderWeele, “Does Religious Participation Contribute to Human Flourishing?” Big Questions Online, Jan. 14, 2017, bigquestionsonline.com.

  5. Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4.

  6. Brooks, Gross National Happiness, 48.

  7. Vakai, Andrew Sims, Is Faith Delusion? Why Religion is Good For Your Health (2009), 220.

  8. Vakai, Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4, 106–107, 111.