Teologia liberalnej demokracji w świetle koncepcji gnozy politycznej Erica Voegelina

The Theology of Liberal Democracy in the Light of Eric Voegelin’s Conception of Political Gnosis

ACCORDING TO ERIC Voegelin’s theory modern Gnosticism is characterized by radical immanentisation of eschatological desires of man. The vitality of the varied secular projections of self-salvation of the mankind which take a form of political doctrines is one of the consequence. The liberal-democratic system is one of such visions. However, despite the intentions of Gnostics, political beliefs retain the quasi-religious character after the rejection of transcendence, and, by Voegelin’s, liberalism is one of the manifestations of Gnosticism.