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The article constitutes an attempt to explain the idea of political theology, which was largely spread by Carl Schmitt, a German jurist and political theorist. For the purpose of the article, the Author made a necessary analysis of the concept of theology and, in the second part, focused on the definition of the concept of political theology. The Author used the discussion about political systems...
The article deals with the problem of the consequences of implementing the world’s “Enlightenment program” without God for modern liberalism.With reference to the thought of modern intellectuals (like Chantal Delsol,Vladimir Bukowski, Vaclav Havel), it discusses the still up-to-date remark by John Paul II who stated that Marxist collectivism is just a “worse version” of the same program that manifests...
The aim of this article is to show the phenomenon of a sudden drop,in a short period of time, in religiousness of the Czech nation, which constitutes – according to the Author – an isolated case in Central and Eastern Europe. By analyzing this phenomenon, the Author pays particular attention to the secularized Hussite tradition and the tradition of the Czech anti-Catholicism, which have been and still...
The aim of the article is to present Gilbert Keith Chesterton as theprecursor of the Second Vatican Council. The following methodology has been adopted in the article. Firstly, the legacy of the Council is “functionally” (and with the use of the writings by the Council’s philosopher, Jacques Maritain) reduced to three aspects: including the liberal political tradition in the Catholic structure, initiating...
In the article, the doctrinal sources of Islam, i.e. the Quran, the Sunnahand the life and activity of Muhammad (sira) are analyzed in order to show, among other things, the idea of caliphate, jihad and the attitude of Muslims to Christians and war. The Author’s reflection on the doctrinal content of Islam supports his hypothesis that the essence of the ideology of the Islamic State should be defined as...
The Author makes an attempt to draw suppositions from the theology of the cross of J. Ratzinger regarding political reason. He emphasizes that the theology of the cross constitutes a key to interpret all types of human activity, including the activity in the field of politics.
The Author makes an attempt to understand the causes of change in understanding the protection of human life and right to marry/found a family from the point of view of fundamental rights of the EU as compared to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. The Author verifies the thesis according to which a gradual “reevaluation of values” is, at its roots,...
Punktem wyjścia artykułu są pierwotne napięcia pomiędzy wyznawcami judaizmu i chrześcijaństwa. Autor na ich tle ukazuje historyczny przełom we wzajemnych relacjach judeochrześcijańskich, który nastąpił po Soborze Watykańskim II. Umożliwił on wkroczenie judaizmu i chrześcijaństwa w drogę braterstwa i dialogu. W przekonaniu autora było to możliwe za sprawą wysiłków papieży (tj. Jana Pawła II, Benedykta...
Artykuł wychodzi od spostrzeżenia, że już w antyku dostrzegano, żeprawo znaczy więcej niż prawo stanowione, które ze swej istotny ulega zmianom, podczas, gdy prawo w sensie tego, co prawe „trwa zawsze i jest niezmienne”. Autor, ukazując odkrycie prawa naturalnego jako kluczowy etap w procesie sekularyzacji prawa, dowodzi, że wraz z pozytywizmem prawnym, dzisiaj ponownie zyskującym popularność, zachodzi...
The starting point for the analysis is the explanation of the term “progress,” which with regard to man means change understood as improvement. The main reflection of the Author focuses on the category of progress included by Benedict XVI in the encyclical letter Spe salvi. According to the Pope, the faith in progress not only replaces the faith in God but also contributes to building the world as...
The paper presents the analysis of political changes and changes in the justice system happening in Poland in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Based on source materials, the Author provides an insight look at the legislative work done by Tadeusz Mazowiecki’s government in order to reform the judiciary and presents the role of various actors in proposing specific changes, e.g. a postulate of changes...
In the article, the Authors evaluate Mosca’s and Michels’ concepts from the point of view of their usefulness in the understanding of problems of today’s world and review “the iron law of oligarchy” in the light of the studies by Lipset, Trow and Coleman. According to the Authors, the studies on the International Typographical Union (ITU), which were supposed to explain this deviant case to Michels’...
The article presents the Author’s reflections regarding civil society.The Author discusses the origin of the idea of civil society, closely linked to Popper’s concept of open society, and then presents the correlation between civil society and the influence the democratic system has on it in order to determine the relations between them. As a research method, the Author uses analysis of so-called...
Wskazywanie na wyjątkowość Zagłady Żydów jest mało uzasadnionejej obiektywnymi właściwościami, bo można je spotkać i w innych masowych mordach. Teza o wyjątkowości Zagłady jest w gruncie rzeczy założeniem, jednak założeniem – w powszechnym odczuciu – uzasadnionym. Można to wyjaśnić przez wskazanie na to, że mordując Żydów, Hitler chciał pognębić biblijnego Boga, którego widzialnym znakiem jest naród...
The article focuses on the analysis of the condition and potential of theCatholic Church in Poland. The Church, understood as the Church of the people, has been inextricably linked throughout history to the national identity of Poles. However, the symptoms of secularization and the signs of neo-paganism in the Church have led the Author to reflect on the processes ongoing in the Church in Poland....
The Author first shows different perspectives and functions of religion, then she argues that the modern Western man can still be considered homo religiosus and religion does not lose its importance in late postmodernity. Referring to sociological sciences, which, by creating new research perspectives, make it possible to explain various transformations of religiousness happening in today’s world,...
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