Human Dignity, Self-determination, and the Gospel: An Enquiry into St. John Paul II’s Personalism and its Implications for Evangelization

• Authors: Gentry II Thomas J.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

St. John Paul II’s (JP II) personalism is explored along the following lines of enquiry: What is personalism vis-à-vis JP II? What is the significance of human dignity and self-determination in JP II’s personalism? How might JP II’s personalism serve evangelization? Findings suggest that JP II’s philosophical personalism, especially at the nexus of its understanding of human dignity and self-determination, provides a robust and faithfully Christian anthropology that can effectively inform efforts in evangelizing all persons, as all persons are image bearers of God that are necessarily self-determining and possessed of profound dignity and worth.

Keywords

EN

John Paul II; personalism; human dignity; self-determination; evangelization; anthropology

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 237-251

Dates

published

2020-06

Contributors

author

Gentry II Thomas J.

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Identifiers

ISSN

2300-0066

ISSN

2577-0314

DOI

10.26385/SG.090209