DESCRIPTION: The article by Andrzej Kobyliński is currently the most cited text published in SPCh (it currently has a total of 41 citations). In it, the author addresses what he considers to be the most important philosophical questions directed towards pentecostal Christianity, which include: the interpretation of religious experience, the possibility of rational cognition of the Supreme Being, the rational character of religion, the indirect or direct character of the experience of God, and the interpretation of supernatural phenomena. "Understanding the very complex and multidimensional process of the “ucharismaticisation” of the Christian religion requires an interdisciplinary approach. A diagnosis of a sociological or cultural nature is obviously needed, but a deeper analysis of this phenomenon must also not lack the cognitive input of such scientific disciplines as philosophy of religion, anthropology, theory of cognition, ethnography, theology, philosophy of God or ethics. This paper will mainly present some ethical aspects of this phenomenon. This kind of analysis will be preceded by remarks from the borderline of sociology, philosophy of religion or theology, which constitute the necessary basis for grasping the ethical implications of the ‘ucharismaticisation’ of the Christian religion. Without such a presentation of the phenomenon of pentecostalisation itself, an analysis of its ethical aspects would be virtually incomprehensible and, in a way, suspended in a vacuum" (p. 96). The author concludes that one important dimension of the global process of the pentecostalisation of Christianity is its ethical implications. However, the activities of leaders of religious communities and movements are not currently regulated by any ethical codes. As a consequence, it is quite common in many countries for some religious leaders to assume psychological power over the members of their communities, to use unauthorised means of psychomanipulation, to pass off unproven or false religious content as certain and true, to limit the individual freedom of their followers and to influence their personal decisions too deeply. "A particularly timely challenge today is the participation of Pentecostal Christians in the contemporary bioethical debate. The ethical thinking of Pentecostal Christians is strictly religious, inspired by extreme biblicism and rejects any argumentation of a philosophical nature. Consequently, Pentecostal Christians also use purely religious argumentation in the public debate on bioethical issues, questioning the need to use the categories of natural law, the dignity of the human person or human rights" (p. 124). The text is accompanied by a rich literature on the subject, mainly in foreign languages.
SUMMARY: Introduction. 2. Contemporary metamorphoses of Christianity. 3. The characteristics of Pentecostal religiosity. 4. The three stages of development of the Pentecostal movement. 5. The specificity of the Pentecostal movement in Poland. 6. The Pentecostal movement and the problem of social bonds. 7 The primacy of ethics over the new religiosity. 8. Summary.
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