Ksiądz jako „Inny”. Tożsamość kapłana w twórczości poetyckiej i eseistycznej Janusza Stanisława Pasierba

Poetry of priests was one of the most striking phenomena of Polish literature during the twentieth century. But it is surprising that priests who wrote poetry avoid direct description of experience of the priesthood. It seems that poetry of Janusz St. Pasierb is good example of such hiding identity of priest. In this article problem priesthood in literary output of Pasierb has been examined in several contexts: autobiographical, sociological, psychological, historical, theological. In his essays Pasierb devotes much space to analyzing the situation of a priest in the modern world. However, in poetry he writes about the problem of loneliness of priest and his social exclusion. A priest is the “other” in social meaning. The reason for exclusion is ambivalence of identity: state of suspension between heaven and earth, the sacred and the profane, between what is divine and what is human. At the experience of the priest reveals a fear of split and dualistic identity and fear of incompleteness. The poet also draws attention to the experience of internal injury.