Stranger and guest – Attitude towards the Other within religion

Abstract

Attitude towards the Other can be considered in the context of religion in relations to the positions which religion appreciates or even creates through its ideological sphere. The aim of the following text is to show the change, introduced by postmetaphysical interpretation of religion, which refers to the perception of I and the Other relationship within religion. The beforementioned change is motivated by the will to reduce violence of the given metaphysical interpretation of religion in which the Other is presented as a Stranger. In contrast, on the grounds of postmetaphysical religion the Other becomes Guest, thanks to which an attitude deprived of violence is appreciated.