POLITICO-THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-MYTH

U članku se raspravlja o biti političke teologije, koja se specifično odnosi na politički život i nastoji aktivno pridonijeti procesu humanizacije društva. Kao stajalište kritičkog rasuđivanja, politička teologija ima temeljnu ulogu u procesu oslobođenja čovjeka i jačanju kršćanske zajednice, pomažući im da se oslobode svih vrsta fetiša i idolatrija. Za etiku u kršćanskom smislu osobitu kušnju predstavlja shvaćanje patriotizma koje se svodi na statolatriju – obožavanje države i kult nacije. S obzirom na loše iskustvo hrvatskog katolištva, odnosno na nacionalizam u redovima katolika u Hrvatskoj, proučava se njihova pojavnost koja govori i o nedovršenoj raspravi o štetnosti pojave NDH. Teologija nacionalnog anti-Mita kakva se ovdje opisuje u funkciji je istine i pomirenja u kojoj Crkva mora transcendirati naciju.This article presents a discussion of the essence of moral, political theology, one which is specifically related to the political life and the public attitude with which Croatia would like to enter the European Union and make itself more present in the world. It is a theology which strives to actively contribute to the process of the humanisation of society. Theology, as an attitude of critical reasoning, plays a fundamental role in the process of the liberation of man and the strengthening of the Christian community by helping to liberate them from all types of fetishes and idolatry. At the same time, it helps avoid the kind of fatal narcissism which impoverishes human relationships. Understood in this way, every kind of theology, and especially political theology, has a permanent and necessary role to play in the process of liberation from all forms of religious alienation. This alienation is generally something which the ecclesiastical institutions themselves produce when they obstruct or hinder the Word of God being approached in an authentic way