On Lewis' concept of hell
| Autor: | Kovač, Damjan, Vulić, Boris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Crkva u svijetu : Crkva u svijetu Volume 57 Issue 1 |
| ISSN: | 1848-9656 0352-4000 |
| DOI: | 10.34075/cs.57.1.3 |
| Popis: | Članak analizira poimanje pakla u djelima engleskog pisca C. S. Lewisa. Nakon uvida o čovjekovoj slobodnoj volji, prikazuju se i kritički promišlja Lewisovo opisivanje stanja pakla, posebice u njegovu djelu Velika rastava. Pakao je nužna mogućnost za ljudsku slobodu, a sloboda je nužni uvjet za postojanje pakla. Po svojoj se slobodi čovjek okrenuo od Boga prema sebi i u sebe te tako narušio sve svoje odnose i otvorio vrata zlu, kojemu je postao podložniji i sve mu se teže opire. Time je otvoren put stanja u kojem se čovjek toliko smanjuje da postaje konačno ništa. Zato je pakao malen, mizeran i neznatan i iz njega čovjek jednostavno više ne može ili ne želi van. The article analyzes the concept of hell in the works of the English writer C. S. Lewis. The paper first addresses the issue of man's free will, and then further elaborates and critically considers Lewis' idea of hell, especially as it pertains to The Great Divorce. Hell is a necessary pre requirement for human freedom, whilst freedom is a requisite for the existence of hell. In his freedom, man turned away from God towards himself and into himself, thus damaging all of his relationships and allowing himself to be approached by evil. This opening makes man more susceptible and eviler that more difficult to resist. This opens the way to a state in which man reduces himself in such manner that he finally becomes nothing. That is why hell is meager, miserable and insignificant, and is a state which one simply cannot or does not want to leave. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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