Curriculum Vitae
- 1960 born in Staszów, near Kielce, Poland.
- 1979 - 1986 - study in philosophy and theology in the Redemptorists Seminary in Tuchów, Poland.
- 1986 - priestly ordination in the Congregation of Redeemporists.
- 1992 - The M.A., The Cracow Faculty of Theology, the thesis: Understanding of the
Efficient Cause in Thomistic and Marxists Philosophy.
- 1994 - The PhD, The Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Christian Philosophy, the
dissertation: Bernhard Welte's Way of Understanding Religion in the light of his Philosophy of Religion.
- 2003 - Qualification for the assistant professor on the base of the treatise Some sources of
secularization and secularism in European culture, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, 2003.
- 2003 - 2009 - head of the Recruitment Commission of the Faculty of Philosophy at CSWU in Warsaw.
- 2005 - Associate professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Faculty of Christian Philosophy.
- 2006 - Head of the Faculty of Metaphysics, CSWU.
- 2011 - Director of the Department of Philosophy of God and Religion, CSWU.
- 2005 - 2012 - Vice- Director of the Institute of Philosophy, CSWU.
Domains of researching
- The methodology of metaphysics: the properties of metaphysical cognition; specification
of the language of metaphysics, and of the explanation and justification in metaphysics; basis
of forming the understanding a man as a person; the need for practicing of classical
metaphysics.
- Jewish philosophy: causes of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, philosophy of Edith Stein.
- The philosophy of God and religion: arguments for existence and nature of God; relation
between reason and faith; causes of atheism and secularism in contemporary culture; A.
Schopenhauer’s and F. Nietzsche’s philosophy of religion.
Research Achievements
- 1997/1998 - two-semester research stay at the Fordham University in New York, USA.
- 2003 - winter semester research stay at the Harvard University in Boston, USA.
- 2005 - nomination for the member of The Commission for the Religious Language at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Warsaw.
- 2007 - winter semester research stay at the Fordham University in New York, USA.
Membership in scientific societies or associations
- Polish Philosophical Society, Warsaw.
- Polish Thomas Aquinas Association, Lublin.
- Nietzsche Circle, New York, USA.
- Nietzsche Society, New York, USA.
Prizes and awards
- 1992 - Rector's Award, The John Paul II University in Lublin, The Award for the Organizational Activities.
- 2001 - Rector's Award, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, The Award for the Organizational Activities.
- 2004 - Rector's Award, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, The Award for the Scholar and Organizational.
- 2010 - Conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Silver Cross of Merit for the Scholar and Didactical Activities.