@ARTICLE{Bokwa_Ks._Ignacy_The_2017, author={Bokwa, Ks. Ignacy}, number={Tom 12}, pages={211-231}, journal={Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych}, abstract={German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, is one of the great-est Catholic theologians of the 20th and 21st century. The main field of his theological activity is fundamental theology, which is perceived by him as the area of a broadly understood dialogue on the credibility of Christianity in the modern world. This article attempts to analyze the views of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI on the Christian identity of Europe. The various issues of this study are as follows: Europe as a phenomenon of cultural interaction; Right to the place of Christianity in the Europe of tomorrow; European crisis of values; European Homo oeconomicus and the Gospel; Dismissing former Eurocentrism; Courage in the struggles of the new face of Chris-tian Europe. In the conclusion the author emphasizes validity of Joseph Ratzinger’s/Benedict XVI’s thoughts on the future of Europe in the context of the ongoing changes in the European Union and the migration crisis.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={The struggle for identity and the Christian spirit of Europe. Reflections on the basis of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s/Benedict XVI’s thoughts on history and the future of our continent}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103830/PDF/SNT11Bokwa.pdf}, doi={10.24425/119347}, keywords={Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, Europe, history, culture, values, Christianity, future}, }