„Nowy feminizm” Jana Pawła II i jego prekursorki

Abstract

The aim of the considerations incorporated into this paper is to present anew the meaning of the term “new feminism,” which John Paul II introduced into philosophical and theological terminology. Since the Pope did not fully clarify the meaning of the term, it is necessary to recall the contexts of John Paul II’s teachings that shed more light on the term, and especially to invoke those papal teachings related to the theology of marriage and family, and the theology of the body. This article also evokes and discusses those areas of papal teaching and speeches in which John Paul II appealed to women to become promoters of this new feminism. The second part of the work is devoted to those women who inspired or could have inspired John Paul II in the work of forming a new feminism. Amongst them, Saint Edith Stein and Blessed Marcelina Darowska stand out, both fully deserving the name of the precursors of Catholic feminism.