Published: 2019-12-30

Normative Infrastructure of Democracy. Theological and Social Perspective

Wiesław Łużyński , Wioletta Szymczak
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-031

Abstract

The condition for democracy to exist is the return to the great moral tradition of Christianity which has influenced the culture, European nations and countries of other continents for centuries. The depositary of the tradition which originates from Christianity but belongs to the moral culture of mankind is, among others, the Catholic Church, which recognizes the autonomy of the temporal order, including the political one. The Church plays a “corrective” role for democracy and political reality, which is based on purifying the reason so that it constantly returns to its potential and can interpret the “grammar” of moral norms contained in nature.

Keywords:

democracy, Christianity, eunomia, civil society, reason and faith

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Łużyński, W., & Szymczak, W. (2019). Normative Infrastructure of Democracy. Theological and Social Perspective. Gdańsk Studies, 45, 245–261. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-031

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