Demokracja liberalna a kościół. Zarys myśli Macieja Zięby OP

Abstract

The article is an attempt to present the basic ideas of a Polish Dominican, theologian, philosopher and journalist M. Zieba on the relationships between liberal democracy and the Church, which are compatible according to him. It consists of three parts. In the first part the author discusses issues related to the relationship between democracy and the Church (Greek and Christian sources of democracy, nature and morality of democracy, dangers of democracy, influence and moral role of the Church in a democracy). The second part presents the relationship between liberalism and the Church (source and nature of liberalism, nature of freedom and individual, relationship between freedom and truth, axiological neutrality, ethos of the state). In the third part it discusses the following issues related to the place and role of the Church in a liberal democracy such as meta-political and moral function of the Church, nature of secularism, threats of the Church, ideological and evangelical radicalism, Church and civil society, Church and open society.