The head of the Department of the Interreligious Dialogue and Alternative Religious Movements

 

Education

  • 1982-1987: study of philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL); 1987: MA Thesis: Mistyczne poznanie Boga według Tomasza Mertona (Mystic Cognition of God According to Thomas Merton);
  • 1999: doctorate at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL); dissertation: Filozoficzne implikacje współczesnych polskich koncepcji religii (Philosophical Implications of the Polish Contemporary Conception of Religion), Supervisor: sister prof. Zofia J. Zdybicka;
  • 2009: habilitation at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL); book: Nowa Era religii? Ruch New Age i jego doktryna – aspekt filozoficzny (A New Era of Religion? The New Age Movement and its Doctrine – a Philosophical Aspect), Siedlce 2008.
  • 2010: professorship of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL).

Membership in professional societies:

  • since 2000: the Polish Thomas Aquinas Association (Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu) – a branch of the Societa Internazionale Tommaso d'Aquino;
  • since 2004: the Learned Society of KUL (Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL);
  • since 2005: the Polish Philosophical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzne);
  • since 2006: a member of the Board of the Drohiczyn Learned Society (Drohiczyńskie Towarzystwo Naukowe);
  • since 2012: the Polish Society of Cultural Studies (Polskie Towarzystwo Kulturoznawcze)
  • since 2014: the Polish Association of Science on Security (Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk o Bezpieczeństwie)

Editorial activities:

  • Since 2008 main editor of the Journal Drohiczyn Scientific Review. Muliticultural Studies by Drohiczyn Learned Society (Drohiczyński  Przegląd  Naukowy. Wielokulturowe Studia. Drohiczyńskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego). The journal is published also on-line: www.drohiczyntn.pl/pismo
  • Since 2011 main editor of the book series Alternative Religiosity, published by KUL Publishing House. publikacje-katedry,art_57335.html

Teaching activities

  • Interreligious Dialogue and Alternative Religious Movements–  MA seminar;
  • Alternative religious movements – obligatory lecture;
  • Alternative religious movements - exercises
  • Christian Civilization - obligatory lecture;
  • Approaches to Oriental Cultures – obligatory lecture.