TY - JOUR TI - Obraza uczuć religijnych, czyli kontrowersje wokół artykułu 196 kodeksu karnego AU - Cebula, Sławomir TI - Obraza uczuć religijnych, czyli kontrowersje wokół artykułu 196 kodeksu karnego AB - Insulting Religious Feelings – Controversy over Article 196 of the Polish Penal Code Article 196 of the Polish Penal Code regulating questions of insulting religious feelings is still a matter under discussion and the cause of differences in interpretation. There are several reasons for this. First, the sphere of religious feelings is very diverse and depends on the subjective sensitivity of each believer. This is the basis of the postulate of the research on the predominant social assessment of decisions concerning infringement of the law. Secondly, defi ning what the subject of religious veneration is requires references to specifi c religious groups, which in turn may indicate the different categories of the objects (material, personal, dogmatic, ritual), and this may then cause the problem of distinguishing “the object of religious veneration” and “the objects intended for religious veneration” not specified in the Penal Code. Thirdly, the limits of conflicting freedoms, as a result of their evolution and cultural changes, still arouse new controversies, as the restrictions on freedoms under the law are not suffi cient to resolve all doubts. VL - 2012 IS - Tom 45, Numer 4 PY - 2013 SN - 0137-2432 C1 - 2084-4077 SP - 293 EP - 300 DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.12.023.0976 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/obraza-uczuc-religijnych-czyli-kontrowersje-wokol-artykulu-196-kodeksu-karnego KW - obraza uczuć religijnych KW - przedmiot czci religijnej KW - art. 196 kodeksu karnego KW - prawa i wolności religijne ; insulting religious feelings KW - subject of religious veneration KW - article 196 of the Polish penal code KW - religious laws and freedoms