4th International Conference:
Christian Philosophy: Between Christian and Post-Christian Worldviews
Ignatianum University in Krakow, 22-23 September 2026 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
The term ‘post-Christian’ is increasingly appearing in philosophical and cultural discourse, employed to describe various phenomena that supposedly follow on after Christianity. Most often, the term is used to describe a contemporary world in which Christianity either is no longer the dominant religion or is not recognised as such in the way that it was until recently. At the same time, although there is a post-Christian world, the Christian world has not ended. The problem of the ‘post-Christian picture of reality’ therefore provokes discussion amongst both supporters and opponents of Christianity – especially because what is ‘post-Christian’ cannot be understood in isolation from Christianity itself.
In a globalised world, we are witnessing a clash between Christian and post-Christian images of the world. While some recognise the permanence and validity of the picture of reality founded on the Christian religion, others are convinced that this has, for various reasons, been deformed or destroyed and belongs to an irreversible past, both in terms of cognition and at the level of social practice.
While within Western civilisation broadly construed a post-Christian worldview founded on ecological, gender-based or technological naturalism would seem to be dominating, in other parts of the globe the Christian worldview is only just gaining ground.
The situation in which Christian and post-Christian worldviews clash within culture and social life poses a serious challenge for philosophy. Christianity-inspired philosophy must define its place in relation to not only worldviews, but also phenomena, trends and concepts with anti-Christian overtones. At the same time, the post-Christian worldview raises many questions that need to be addressed: what is the worldview as such, and what are its components? What constitutes the specificity of the Christian and post-Christian worldviews, respectively? What are the most important forms and manifestations of the Christian and post-Christian worldviews? What determines the vital strength of the Christian worldview, and is post-Christianity itself an irreversible phenomenon?
Contact: christianphilosophy2026@ignatianum.edu.pl