Fundamentalizm religijny zagrożeniem dla etosu społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w nauczaniu Benedykta XVI
Religious Fundamentalism as a Threat to the Ethos of Civil Society in the Teaching of Benedict XVI

Summary/Abstract: The article, which is based on the teaching of Benedict XVI, presents fundamentalism as a threat to civil society. Nowadays there are numerous tendencies of thinking in the terms of fundamentalism which are present in the sphere of religion, culture, politics and even economy. However, the form of religious fundamentalism that frequently results in terrorist attacks by Islamists enjoys the greatest publicity. In the teaching of Benedict XVI, there are numerous indications and deeper analyses of the phenomenon of fundamentalism, which endangers the contemporary concept of civil society. The Church always protects a person when it comes to personal dignity and human rights, as this attitude is a necessary condition of development, also in the global dimension. In this context it is equally important to state that human religiosity is directed towards God who is love, and this assumption excludes violence, thus creating a space for shaping truly human relations.

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