Nadzieja nadzieją chrześcijańskiej (i nie tylko) pedagogiki
Hope as only Hope of (not only) Christian Pedagogy

Summary/Abstract: Hope is a basic way of coming into the reality of human condition and participating in it creatively. It includes the entirety of dynamic processes of becoming human, and at the same time it indicates the longing of every human being – hope for “complete being”. Through indicating the ontological basis of hope we can disprove philosophical stands and opinions refusing metaphysical value of hope, and perceiving it as a subjective disposition, and conclusively as an illusion. Hope realizes itself in specific existence of a subject. Christians, sharing hopes and fears, joys and disappointments with other people, do not confine themselves to purely human horizon because their hope – rooted in faith in Christ – goes beyond the limits of earthliness. The Gospel as the Good News is in its essence the reason of an undeterred hope. Thus, it can be said that supernatural hope incorporates human hopes; precisely it incorporates those hopes which are worthy human being and correspond with the truth about humans. The work of an educator is above all work with human hope. Working with human hope, an educator makes an effort to develop in their wards their own personal hope. Therefore, an educator confronts their wards as persons and not as a material which can be freely shaped. In this sense an educator is someone who concentrates on what should be and not on what is now.

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