Religie, pace și persoană umană

Abstract

In this paper, I reconstruct an argument for the claim that religion – spe-cifically, faith – provides a central, if not the central, element in the promotion of peace. Drawing on insights found in the writings of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), I argue that, while reason is necessary in building peace, it is not sufficient. What is required is love, a change of heart, a ‘recasting of reason’ and, funda-mentally, faith.