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The Trinity is usually regarded as an exclusively theological topic. If, however, the postulated unity of the dogmatic tracts ‘De Deo uno’ and ‘De Deo trino’ is taken seriously, there must be at least a philosoph...

Often, liberation theology’s preferential option for the poor is pushed aside within theological discourses as being too specific, too focused on social problems, to function as a viable theology for the Church as a wh...

Recent historical works dealing with the changing role of emotions in social and private life over centuries present a challenge to any philosophical or scientific theory aiming to grasp the essence of emotions. The pape...

In this paper, we focus on the explanation of the essence of artistic experience elaborated by Emmanuel Lévinas based on his philosophical conception of „home.“ Lévinas says, that the true meaning of art lies in th...

The article questions real theological character of some streams of the older Czech moral theological thought which ended in 1948 (beginning of the communist regime) and after 1989 has never been quoted or mentioned. It ...

The aim of the article is to investigate the theory of conceptual metaphor with regard to its possible use in fundamental theology. Instead of focusing on the analysis of concrete metaphors, the article argues that it is...

The recent document of the Congregation for Catholic Education on the question of gender ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ emphasises the importance of the sexual difference for the masculine and feminine identity. O...

Regionally aimed research into musical-and-aesthetical thinking accounts for only a small part of explored scientific issues that require broader philosophical, art-theoretical as well as linguistic erudition. Summarizin...

Christian apologetics is traceable back to Peter’s call in 1Peter 3:15–16. To all faithful, he requested that they be prepared to respond in a Christian manner when another questioned or challenged the faith. This de...

Arthur C. Danto is considered one of the most influential analytical philosophers of art of 20th century. He introduced the notion “artworld” into the art-historical and philosophical vocabulary and he was one of the...

In their philosophical works Alfred North Whitehead and John Dewey criticize philosophical conceptions that consider the stability of the outer world to be a basic characteristic of reality and conceive of change only as...

This article focuses on discussions about the role of the public in the political sphere presented in the writings of philosophers and scholars examining public opinion and American democracy during the 19th and early 20...

The article presents the founding elements of the social and political thought of American philosopher and theologian David C. Schindler. The main aim of the article is to examine possible relations between Schindler’s...

Following the book Lucifer Effect (2007) written by the American social psychologist Philip Zimbardo, the study explores his central idea that human character can be easily manipulated and corrupted by force of ‘total ...