Józef Tischner and Leszek Kołakowski on liberation theology

Przemysław Zientkowski

doi:10.15633/lie.4042

Józef Tischner and Leszek Kołakowski on liberation theology

Authors

Przemysław Zientkowski Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.4042

Keywords:

liberation theology, revolution, solidarity, society, the Church and politics

Abstract

The article is devoted to the “meeting of thoughts” of Rev. Prof. Józef Tischner and Prof. Leszek Kołakowski. The meeting of Christian and leftist thought in the context of liberation theology understood not radically, as a South American movement of armed struggle for Christian values, but as actions of leftist ideas in regard to values present among people of the Church. Both Leszek Kołakowski and Józef Tischner have repeatedly taken up themes related to liberation theology. In the article I will define the role and place of both thinkers in relation to the fact of Christianity’s involvement in politics.

Author Biography

Przemysław Zientkowski, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

Przemysław Zientkowski – a doctor of philosophy, a graduate of the Faculty of Humanities at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) in Toruń; a holder of a postgraduate degree in European Law from the Faculty of Law and Administration at UMK; a research and teaching assistant professor at the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Casimir the Great University in Bydgoszcz. The town of Chojnice mayor’s plenipotentiary for scientific development and cooperation. His research interests include: social philosophy, philosophy of politics, political theology, human rights, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of education, philosophy of dialogue.

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Published

2021-09-30

Issue

Vol. 27 (2021): Józef Tischner and Leszek Kołakowski – faces of the encounters / Józef Tischner i Leszek Kołakowski – oblicza spotkań

Section

Józef Tischner and Leszek Kołakowski – faces of the encounters

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