Publication details
Náboženský smysl a liberální kultura
| Title in English | Religious Sense and Liberal Culture |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Mezinárodní katolická revue Communio |
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| Citation | |
| Web | web časopisu |
| Keywords | Comunione e Liberazione; Freedom; Humanism; Liberalism; Liberty; Luigi Giussani; Modernity; Rationalism; Religion; Religious Sense; Secularism; Scientism. |
| Description | The article discusses the influential conceptualization of religious sense of the Italian theologian and founder of the Comunione e Liberazione movement Luigi Giussani. It particularly focuses on the possibility of its fulfilment in the conditions of liberal culture of modernity. In its first part, it analyzes Giussani´s account of religious sense in the connection with basic desires and needs, which constitute the human heart. In the second part, it presents Giussani´s genealogy of religious awareness of the modern man. Despite his scorching criticism of the modern era, he takes the modern emphasis on freedom seriously. In conclusion, the article examines how Giussani transcends the modernity´s tendency to associate freedom exclusively with choice and connects freedom with the satisfaction of our deepest desires. Ultimately, the article shows that despite being critical to the modern ideal of autonomy, Giussani is able to offer an attractive conception of freedom. |
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