Politics and religion in the post-secular society Habermas, Ratzinger and the theological-political question
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Maletta, Sante
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. Τμήμα Φιλοσοφίας, Παιδαγωγικής και Ψυχολογίας
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Δωδώνη: Μέρος Τρίτο: επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Φιλοσοφίας, Παιδαγωγικής και Ψυχολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων; Τόμ. 37 (2014-2015)
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The major aim of this paper is to answer the following question: How can
Christianity contribute to the common good? After defining the meaning of “postsecular
society” from a sociological viewpoint, I will focus on the possibility of a
“political theology” (in the sense of Carl Schmitt) nowadays. In Italy this question
was recently discussed with effect from the celebrations of the 1700th anniversary
of the Edict of Milan (313 a.D.). In this occasion some scholars defended a perspective
which can be defined as “neo-Augustinian”. I will present and discuss Joseph
Ratzinger’s version of this perspective—which rejects Schmitt’s political theology in
favor of a political ethos—in the light of the so-called Dilemma of Bockenforde (“The
free secular state lives according to presuppositions that it cannot itself guarantee”).
According to Ratzinger, Augustine’s doctrine of the “two cities” (the divine and the
human) is still helpful as on one side it avoids any sacralization of social and political
entities, while on the other side it recognizes their own autonomy and value. To
preserve this healthy dualism it is necessary for the “divine city” to be present in
the public realm not only through its single members but also as a community with
its own juridical institutions. I will finally argue that a liberal state is required to
take up the challenge of the “divine city” if it wants to defend its own liberal nature.
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Πάπας Βενέδικτος ΙΣΤ' (κατά κόσμον Joseph Alois Ratzinger), Πολιτική Φιλοσοφία, Θρησκευτική Φιλοσοφία, Εκκοσμίκευση
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Habermas, Jürgen, 1929-, Habermas, Jürgen--Πολιτικές και κοινωνικές απόψεις, Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-, Θρησκεία και πολιτική, Θρησκεία και κράτος
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σ. [71]-78
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Βιβλιοθήκη και Κέντρο Πληροφόρησης
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Βιβλιογραφία: σ. 78
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