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Didactical path “Freedom of conscience and religion

RELIGION

 

 

 

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Contents

 

 

1. The freedom of conscience and religion

 

 

 

A man as a religious being (discovering the truth about the religiousness of a human being)

-          the justification of the truth that a man is a religious being in his human nature

-          the desire for God is in human’s heart

-          becoming sensitive to the religious aspect of a human being

-          discerning the common openness to religion

 

2. Christianity and other religions (shaping the tolerant attitude towards other religions)

-          The definition of ‘tolerance’ according to Christian understanding

-          The development of students’ tolerant attitude towards other religions, becoming acquainted with the attitude of Church towards other religions (the documents of the Catholic Church describing the importance and attitude towards other religions)

 

3. The fight for freedom of conscience and religion in the times of Polish People’s Republic

-          Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński as a defender of the freedom of conscience and religion in the time of Communism (films: ‘The Primate Wyszyński’ (Pol. ‘Prymas’), Zawód: Prymas Polski” and  The Primate - Three years  of the Millenium (Pol.„PrymasTrzy lata z tysiąca”)

-          Wanda Broniszewska (a Roman Catholic nun) – imprisoned and tortured for religious beliefs (‘the Stigmatic’ play)

 

4. The freedom of conscience and religion nowadays

 

 

-          bioethical questions (experiments on embryos, euthanasia, cloning, etc.)

-          contemporary social issues, abortion, religious symbols in public places, religion instruction as a school subject, etc.)