HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE THOUGHT OF KAROL WOJTYŁA
HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE THOUGHT OF KAROL WOJTYŁA

Summary/Abstract: The idea of interiority was greatly downplayed in Christian theology during the twentieth century. This was due to several causes, among which there were a rediscovery of the eschatological character of the preaching of Jesus and the attribution of interiority to a religious dimension apparently diminishing in the modern world. The language of interiority thus appeared not only unsuitable, but sometimes even misleading. A scarcely known text by Karol Wojtyła, written in 1974, helps reopen the question: the paper describes interiority as the place par excellence of the divine presence. In this sense, interiority becomes an essential touchstone of evangelization, especially in the face of the challenges of the contemporary world that attempts to erase inner life. While such ideas are not frequent in Karol Wojtyła's most famous philosophical and theological texts, they do appear clearly in his early poetic compositions. In an age in which threats to human identity are more subtle and widespread, clarifying the link between Christian faith and interiority becomes an even more important task.

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