Medytacja w aikido jako wyzwanie dla pracy duszpasterskiej

Abstract

The text is a shortened and revised version of the Master’s Thesis, which has been written on a seminar in the Catholic social teaching under the guidance of Fr. Professor Andrzej Zwoliński and defended in 2012 at the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków. The article consists of the following points: 1. The history of aikido; 2. Its philosophical foundations; 3. Eastern Meditation; 4, Christian Meditation; 5. The threat ‒ the loss of Christian identity. This presentation is an attempt to confront two concepts of meditation: Eastern (rooted in aikido) and Christian (as practiced in the Catholic Church). Based on presented considerations, it is clear that aikido is a threat to the Christian identity.