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    Published: 2021-03-06
    Vol. 46 (2020)

    Secularization. Some Remarks in the Perspective of the Thought of J. Ratzinger - Benedict XVI

    Andrzej Ochman
    Gdańsk Studies
    Section: Artykuły
    https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-016

    Abstract

    From the beginning, religion accompanied humanity. Across the century it has different place and played changing role in society. There was a period of alliance between the altar and the throne, whereas especially since enlightenment, these paths diverged more and more. Nowadays, Pope Benedict XVI also indicates the presence of this process. However, secularization is not a thoroughly negative process for him. He accepts the validity of the autonomy of created things and therefore also the autonomy of practicing science and organizing society. The danger is hidden in a misunderstood secularism, which excludes the presence of God in social life and pushes religion only to personal life. According to the Pope, constructive cooperation between religion and this what is secular is possible and should exist, for the development of the common good.

    Keywords:

    Benedict XVI, secularization, secularity, dialogue, culture

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    Ochman, A. (2021). Secularization. Some Remarks in the Perspective of the Thought of J. Ratzinger - Benedict XVI. Gdańsk Studies, 46, 273–285. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-016

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