JP2 Lectures // Vittorio Possenti: The truth we owe to man is, above all...
Professor Possenti began the lecture by pointing out the key issues in John Paul II’s thought in the areas of anthropology and ethics, which put the person at the center of their considerations. He...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // Mirosława Grabowska: Secularization in Europe: Theory and...
Beginning her speech, Prof. Miroslawa Grabowska said that in her lecture she would be juxtaposing theoretical models describing the processes of change in religiosity with empirical data. As Prof....
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // Antoine Arjakovsky: “Religion and Politics, from...
The lecture started from the examination of what was exemplary and prophetic in Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Centesimus annus, published on May 1, 1991. Subsequently, the reasons for Ukraine’s...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // Helen Alford OP: The Crisis of Europe in the Light of the...
In her speech, Prof. Alford engaged in a discussion with the previous lectures presented as part of the “JP2 Lectures” series. At the outset, she referred to the deliberations of Mark A. Cichocki, who...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // Dariusz Karłowicz: Reset or Revolution? Contemporary Problems...
In his talk, Dr. Dariusz Karłowicz addressed the issue of political and legal stability in the context of a kind of degeneration of the political system and the crisis affecting Western societies. He...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // R.R. Reno: Christians in the face of political polarization
Rusty Reno began the lecture by pointing out the paradox of polarization that characterizes our times. As the speaker pointed out, there is often talk of devastating polarization, yet the streets are...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // Rev. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier: “Hominum causa: ‘All...
Rev. Longchamps de Bérier began the lecture by emphasizing that studying the history of law allows one to benefit from many centuries of experience and developments. He drew the attention of the...
View ArticleJP2 Lecture // Fr. Jarosław Kupczak OP: “From ‘Christian civilization’ to...
The Second Vatican Council was crucial for the relationship between the Church and culture. Drawing on the thoughts of the popes of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Council formed a new relationship...
View ArticleJP2 Lecture // Jean-Luc Marion: “Going around metaphysics”
The relationship between Christian thought and metaphysics is problematic. On the one hand, Chrstianity cannot be identified with a any doctrine of being (as God is in a different manner than things...
View ArticleJP2 Lecture // George Weigel: “John Paul II, the Primacy of Culture and the...
In his lecture, George Weigel relied primarily on the reflection about the role of culture in society expressed by John Paul II in his encyclical Centesimus Annus. In it, the Pope outlined three...
View ArticleJP2 Lectures // prof. Jarosław Kilian “Quem quaeritis? – Theater in the...
“Quem queritis? (Whom do you seek?)” “From these words, partly spoken, partly sung, according to the ancient custom, still stemming from antiquity, European theatre began.” The “Quem Quaeritis?” was...
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