Islam jako religia w ujęciu papieża Benedykta XVI
Islam as religion in the interpretation of Pope Benedict XVI

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the problem of the Islam as it is understood by Pope Benedict XVI. As we can see, the Pope paid a lot of attention to the Moslems during his pontificate. The author analyses his statements concerning the Islam to answer the question about the status of the Islam as religion in the teaching of the Church. The understanding of religion as connection between man and God, was taken by the author as the point of departure for that. The following elements are the essential parts of that concept: the doctrine, principles of moral life, worship and organization. The author indicates that the first three elements are clearly present in the statements of the Holy Father, especially issues connected with the principles of moral life, whereas the organization is merely implied. Because Pope Benedict XVI stresses strongly that the concept of religion as a whole and the Islam as well cannot be connected with violence, the author dedicates a separate point to that issue. He presents in it the idea of the Pope, who rejects violence as a distortion of religion. Ultimately the author draws the conclusion that he himself assumes an attitude towards religion that is similar to that one of the Pope in the light of his statements. It leads, however, to a further thought that the Islam is not realized as religion in all Moslem communities.

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