@ARTICLE{Krasnodębski_Zdzisław_Faith_2023,
 author={Krasnodębski, Zdzisław},
 number={No 4},
 pages={285-314},
 journal={Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2023},
 publisher={Komitet Nauk Filozoficznych PAN},
 publisher={Wydział Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego},
 abstract={The article starts with the question, if reading Blaise Pascal can inspire a more accurate understanding of the meaning of human life. Is it possible that Christian apology can be accepted as a true religion by a contemporary person who resides in the world that is even occasionally called post-Christian? An answer to this question must take into account the relationship between reason and faith. Pascal examined this connection, and using several examples showed how propitiously Christianity had influenced the French culture which until today stands out among other European countries as one that has not been entirely engulfed by universalist humanism, i.e. by a lay religion which merged from Christianity itself. Contemporary Christianity, and the Catholic Church as its proper part, adapted to these new cultural trends. Laxism, which was critically examined by Pascal in the Lettres provinciales, has now scored a victory over the Christian faith which was once rigorous and demanding but now preaches love of all neighbors and forgiveness of sins for everybody. Reading Pascal anew helps us understand that Christian faith was once quite different from contemporary humanitarianism.},
 title={Faith and the Temporal World: The Premises of Blaise Pascal},
 type={Artykuł},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/134640/PDF/2023-04-PFIL-19.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/pfns.2023.148661},
 keywords={G. Bernanos, Christianity, faith, French Catholicism, F. Mauriac, post-Christian world, reason},
}