The Catholic Church in Polish History: From 966 to the Present

In: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy

Abstract

The Catholic Church in Polish History -- Preface -- Personages -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- I -- II -- III -- Notes -- 2 From the Origins to 1772 -- From the Baptism of Poland to the Double Crisis -- Antemurale Christianitatis -- The Reformation -- The Catholic Reformation -- Notes -- 3 The Polish Church in the Era of the Partitions, 1772-1918 -- Prologue -- From the First Partition to the Constitution of 3 May 1791 -- The Second and Third Partitions -- The Russian Sector, 1795-1914 -- Prussian Poland, 1795-1907 -- Austrian Galicia, 1780-1914 -- World War One and the End of the Partitions -- Notes -- 4 The Interwar Republic, 1918-1939 -- Establishing the Nation's Borders -- Demographic and Confessional Make-Up -- Phase 1: The Birth of a Nation, March 1921-May 1926 -- Phase 2: The Sanacja, May 1926-May 1935 -- Phase 3: Rule By the Colonels, May 1935-September 1939 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 War Years and Communism, 1939-1989 -- The Nazi Occupation -- Nazi policy vis-à-vis the Catholic Church -- Sympathy for the Devil -- A Final Tally -- The Communist Era -- The Catholic Church, 1945-1956 -- Gomułka Back in the Saddle Again, Part One: 1956-1966 -- Gomułka Back in the Saddle again, Part Two: 1966-1970 -- The Gierek Era, 1970-1980 -- Cascade to Collapse -- The Second and Third Papal Visits -- The Great Transformation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- 6 Transition to Pluralism, 1989-2004 -- A New Era -- The Fight Over Abortion -- The Church and the EU -- After Glemp -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Controversies in the Life of the Church -- The Church at the Dawn of the Post-Communist Era -- The Church's Agenda -- The Controversy About Collaboration -- The Controversies Surrounding Property Restitution -- The Church and Sex, Priestly Sex Abuse -- Father Rydzyk's Polarizing Statements, Since 2004