Tomáš Halík’s concept of atheism

Jasiński, Karol (author)

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the main theses of the Czech philosopher, sociologist, and theologian Tomáš Halík on atheism. He departs from the dogmatic understanding of atheism as the conviction of the non-existence of God or the lack of conviction of His existence and argues on the side of atheism as a way of purification and maturation of faith. The article consists of two parts. In the first one the context of the emergence, sources and main types of dogmatic atheism are presented. In the second part, the concept of atheism as a way of faith’s criticism (criticism of inadequate concepts and ideas about God) and a form of existential experience (experiencing God‘s silence, absence and “death” and the insufficiency of human mental powers in His cognition) is outlined.

• Language: English
• Keywords: religion, faith, atheism, idolatry, existential experience
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 293-304
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164177
• UDC: 141.45Halík T.
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/02/Jasinski
• COBISS.SI-ID: 174627075
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Pojmovanje ateizma pri Tomášu Halíku

Abstract

Namen prispevka je analizirati glavne teze češkega filozofa, sociologa in teologa Tomáša Halika o ateizmu, ki odstopa od dogmatičnega razumevanja ateizma kot prepričanja o neobstoju Boga ali pomanjkanja prepričanja o njegovem obstoju in se zavzema za ateizem kot način očiščevanja in zorenja vere. Prispevek sestavljata dva dela. V prvem delu so predstavljeni kontekst nastanka, viri in glavne vrste dogmatičnega ateizma. V drugem delu je orisano pojmovanje ateizma kot načina kritike vere (tj. kritike neustreznih pojmov in idej o Bogu) in oblike eksistencialne izkušnje (doživljanje Božje tišine, odsotnosti in ‚smrti‘ ter nezadostnosti človekovih umskih sposobnosti pri njegovem spoznavanju).

• Keywords: religija, vera, ateizem, idolatrija, eksistencialna izkušnja