Pesymizm religijny w myśli antropologicznej Mariana Zdziechowskiego (1861-1938)
Religious Pessimism in Anthropological Thought of Marian Zdziechowski (1861-1938)

Summary/Abstract: In the face of positivist postulates promoting the autonomy of man in relation to God and the sphere of spirituality, Marian Zdziechowski (1861-1938) found an inspiration to revive Catholic religious thought by using mental models derived from Western European and Far Eastern pessimistic philosophy. The issue had many interpretations at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and the originality of the Polish thinker consisted in the use of pessimistic thought in Christian formation at the existential, moral and ecclesiastical levels, which was to be served by the so-called “moral dogmatism”. It was drawing attention to the second, after the experience of faith in the community of the Church, source of the authenticity of faith: the personal experience of God thanks to the acceptance of morality resulting from His law. Theocentric spirituality and morality, more than rationalist theology, were to serve the relationship of faith and protect Christian anthropology from materialistic philosophy or totalitarian ideology. While in recent decades Zdziechowski’s thought has been the subject of many studies, Christian pessimism itself does not have a major impact on contemporary theological reflection. Is it right?

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