The Relationship Between Pagan Fate and Christian Grace in the Thought of Józef Tischner

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dc.contributor.authorWołowski, Lech
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-01T12:32:47Z
dc.date.available2023-09-01T12:32:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis article examines one of the greatest contributions of Józef Tischner to the area of anthropology and charitology by analyzing, in a systematical way, his original thought regarding the relationship between the pagan concept of fate (fatum) and the Christian concept of grace (charis). The originality of this contribution concerns three main areas. The first one concerns the historical-charitological aspect in which Tischner proposes a new approach which helps him to emphasize the personalistic aspect of grace. Instead of considering the problem form a typical intra-Christian perspective, he approaches the concept of grace by confronting it with the historical, pagan concept of impersonal fate. Secondly, he brings to the light an ancient Greek idea of the aesthetic overcoming of the tragic defeat caused by fate, and by showing its insufficiency, he discovers and demonstrates the depth, beauty and hidden ultimate power of the aesthetic dimension of Christian grace. Finally, he argues that the problem of the relationship between fate and grace is not an issue of the ancient past, but constitutes the core of one of the greatest contemporary challenges faced by modern Christian society: the ever growing wave of neopaganism.en
dc.description.number1
dc.description.volume13
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.15633/pch.13114
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/267
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
dc.relation.ispartofThe Person and the Challenges, 13 (2023) nr 1, p. 225–241
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectFate
dc.subjectgrace
dc.subjectfreedom
dc.subjectpaganism
dc.subjectChristianity
dc.subjectTischner
dc.titleThe Relationship Between Pagan Fate and Christian Grace in the Thought of Józef Tischner
dc.title.journalThe Person and the Challenges
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