Leher presents a social model for the Church that realizes the dignity of the individual faithful as the social choice of the individual woman, man and queer. Dignity includes the social choice to give away some freedom and rights to women, men and queer as possibility condition for the social realization of their dignity. Giving away something of our freedom and rights for the social realization of the dignity of others enhances the dignity of both, our dignity and the dignity of the others. This mutual enhancement of dignity constitutes not only a basic function for operating democracies but constitutes also a basic element of the just world of God.
Stephan P. Leher: Theologizing of a Christian, Innsbruck: innsbruck university press 2021
Human Rights and the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council Triology I–III