Original scientific paper
The cunning of the sacred? Mardešić’s understanding of political Catholicism
Ivan Šarčević
Abstract
Initially, the view of religiologist Željko Mardešić about political Catholicism is synthetically presented with a particular focus on Croatian political Catholicism. The author’s view of its roots, causes and basic characteristics is briefly outlined. In the second part of the paper – against the background of Mardešić’s view, and as a sort of a critique – three topics are offered for discussion: the cunning of the sacred in the instrumentalisation of politics, the need for and role of theology in the Church and society, and relation of a Christian to politics and his political involvement.
Keywords
political Catholicism; pre-Council Christianity; antiliberalism; anticommunism; dualism; politicism; resentment; responsibility of the Christians for the world
Hrčak ID:
74609
URI
Publication date:
25.11.2011.
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