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Alternative title:

Christianity and totalitarianism in Eric Voegelin`s thought

Subject and Keywords:

Voegelin, Eric (1901-1985)   christianity   totalitarism   gnosis

Abstract:

The subject of the article is to present the concept of Eric Voegelin indicating the genesis of totalitarian movements in Christianity. Attempts were made to answer the question whether gnosis, perceived by the American researcher as the source of the poli tical crisis of modernity, is only its distortion or a natural consequence of the Christian world view. To this end, consideration of the analysis of the basic philosophy of Voegelin, headed by the notion of the leap in existence, and the descriptions that constituted Christianity, as well as the set of symbols that is descriptive of this religion. It showed that Voegelin treated Christianity itself as a source of distortions towards Gnostic thinking, resulting in the emergence of totalitarianisms, and thi s results from his fullest openness to transcendence, which leads to the forgetting of the laws of the temporal world

Date issued:

2021

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

article

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

doi:10.34616/144531   ISSN 2080-332X

Language:

pol

Abstract Language :

eng

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Rights holder:

Copyright by Pracownia Badań Orientalnych, Katedra Doktryn Politycznych i Prawnych Wydziału Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego & Authors, Wrocław 2021

Autor opisu:

WR U/PAdal