Ratzinger o współczesnej kulturze, prawdzie i sumieniu.
Ratzinger on modern culture, truth and conscience.

Summary/Abstract: "The Gospel to a certain extent presupposes culture; it never replaces it, but it does leave its mark on it" (Joseph Ratzinger). This thesis is explored by examining the role of culture in theological reflection in general as well as influence of the Gospel on culture (the valuea, institutions and, above all, language of society). The encounter between culture and the truth of the Gospel is possible because of the role conscience plays in knowing the truth and so transcending the limits of culture. Conscience, like all things human, does not operate in a vacuum, but within the matrix of a person's particular culture that is always ambigous. All cultures are need of evangelization, but the evangelization of contemporary Western culture is made more diffcult by the fact that it itself is a by-product of Christianity. The culture is characterized by the phenomenon of modernity, the genealogy of which needs to be understood before any fruitful encounter can take place.

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