Religious freedom in the social aspect WT-DTE-WO-WR

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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) PO/H1 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - I stopień/JM

Course coordinators

Jan Przybyłowski

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

The basis for recognition of the student's workload is firstly participation in class and active involvement in the discussion of the topics discussed in the lecture. Also taken into account is the student's personal interest in the presented problems of the lecture presented during class in the form chosen by the student (prepared written material, presentation, voice in discussion). The student also has the right to ask for personal consultations with the lecturer and propose alternative ways to demonstrate knowledge of the lecture topic to the requirements. The evaluation will also take into account the student's own work and time spent preparing for class, reading literature, especially achievements in carrying out internships, projects and original ideas related to the topic of the lecture. Self-study and the results of the student's personal scientific search on the topic of the lecture will also count towards the final grade. It will be an obligatory task for the student to prepare an essay on a topic selected from the list proposed by the lecturer, but with the possibility of preparing an essay on an original topic proposed by the student that falls within the topic of the lecture. Participation in teaching classes, development of the content of the lecture: 30 - 1 Own work with the subject reading and preparation of an essay as a written paper for credit: 30 - 1 Student workload in hours: 60 Number of ECTS points: 2

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

enter learning outcome code/codes TMA_W01, TMA_W03, TMA_W10, TMA_W13, TMA_W23, TMA_U01, TMA_U05, TMA_U12, TMA_U28 TMA_K01, TMA_K18

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

Pastoral theology is a science that deals with the Church and pastoral ministry, in the implementation of which the context of history must be taken into account. Pastoral theology focused on ecclesiology (orthodoxy) and on the life and activity of the ecclesial community (orthopractice), but did not deal with the individual-community experience of faith and the individual-social daily life of church members in the world. And here there is room for a new discipline: applied theology, the subject of which would be man as “the way of the Church” who lives and carries out his existential and Christian vocation in the world on a daily basis. Therefore, not only is it necessary to study pastoral theology, or practical theology, which is a scientific reflection on the daily growth of the Church, but it is also necessary to study a new theological discipline - applied theology, which will be a scientific reflection on the daily “growth” of man, who lives every day in the world and there fulfills himself and realizes his existential vocation, and Christians build the Kingdom of God. From the perspective of applied theology, three main principles can be distinguished that link ecclesiology and socialization: respect for truth, social justice and charity. In applied theology, it is possible to undertake scientific reflection on ecclesiology without violating pastoral theology's right to study the Church and its salvific mission. However, in the search for knowledge about the dimensions of human social life, authoritarian and abstract universalism should be avoided.

Learning outcomes

In the learning outcomes in question, referring to the main idea of applied theology, one can refer to the relationship between the Church and society. “The Church does not propose technical solutions and is as far as possible from meddling with state governments. However, it must carry out, at all times and under all circumstances, the mission of truth to society to the measure of man, his dignity and his vocation” (Benedict XVI, 2009, 9). On the other hand, every member of the community who is aware of his or her personal dignity and wishes to exercise his or her rights should care about a form of democracy that includes in legislation respect for personal dignity and religious freedom, which is followed by the defense, promotion and possibility of exercising the rights of the human person, especially the right to religious freedom and public profession of one's faith.
By virtue of the human right to exercise religious freedom, however, the democratic system should include a requirement for full acceptance of the religious dimension of the human person, which is not just a matter of “religion,” since religious needs are innate in human nature (Francis, 2023) [accessed 14.11.2023] . In a democratic society, not everyone needs to believe in this truth. By contrast, in a democracy, those who are convinced of it “have the right to have their faith met with due respect, as do the decisions that result from it in individual and community life. This is what the right to freedom of conscience and religious liberty consists in, the actual recognition of which is one of the highest goods and most serious duties of any people who truly have the will to safeguard the good of the person and the community” (John Paul II, 1988, 39).

Assessment criteria

The student's achievements in terms of acquired knowledge, skills and competencies will be evaluated according to the grading scale adopted in the regulations. Since the subject of social freedom is, by design, interdisciplinary and applied, therefore, the final grade will take into account participation and activity in class, as well as skills and competence in proposing original, creative ways to apply theory in practice.

Practical placement

not applicable

Bibliography

Ks. Jan Kazimierz Przybyłowski, Wolność religijna w perspektywie teologii stosowanej, Biblioteka Teologii Stosowanej 3(2024), s. 95-111.
Ks. Jan Kazimierz Przybyłowski, Teologia stosowana w eksploracji wolności, Libertas religiosa 3(2024), s. 103-125.
Ks. Jan Kazimierz Przybyłowski, Wolność religijna w aspekcie społecznym. Przyczynek do badań biograficznych w teologii stosowanej Libertas religiosa 2(2023), s. 106-122.
Ks. Jan Kazimierz Przybyłowski, Kościół polityka. Refleksja w świetle katolickiej nauki społecznej, w: Człowiek wobec problemów współczesności. Księga pamiątkowa poświęcona ks. prof. dr. hab. Henrykowi Skorowskiemu SDB z okazji jubileuszu 70. urodzin i 40. lat pracy dla Nauki Polskiej, red. M. Markocka, Z. Mikołajczyk, P. Walewski, Warszawa 2022, s. 245-258.
Paweł Szuppe, Źródła i literatura dotycząca wolności religijnej w języku polskim, Wokół koncepcji wolności religijnej, t. 5, Warszawa 2024, s. 285-338.

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