Pease, Neal. Rome's Most Faithful Daughter. The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914-1939
In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Volume 52, Issue 4, p. 743-745
ISSN: 0021-969X
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In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Volume 52, Issue 4, p. 743-745
ISSN: 0021-969X
In: Politicka misao, Volume 34, Issue 4, p. 129-143
The author analyzes the role of religion in the formation of national identities in Central & Eastern Europe on the example of the Catholic Church in Poland in the 20th century. In Poland, like in most Central-European & Eastern-European societies, national identity developed against the state & was founded on certain elements of ethnic culture & tradition, the central position belonging to the Church. During communism, the Polish Catholic Church had the leading position in the construction of national identity, which identified Polishness with Catholicism. The Church also had a crucial role in the destruction of the communist system. However, it has found it increasingly difficult to adapt to the new conditions of political democracy as well as ideological & cultural pluralism. As has been sown through the debates on abortion & religious education in state schools, the attempt by the Church to achieve the statues of moral arbiter, above all democratic institutions, has resulted in new divisions & jeopardized its influence in the society. 7 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Collective identity and democracy in the enlarging Europe, p. 13-28
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 29, Issue 3, p. 744
In: Kultura i społeczeństwo: kwartalnik, Volume 25, Issue 3-4, p. 259-275
ISSN: 0023-5172
In: Studies in European Integration, State and Society Ser. v.13
In Central and Eastern Europe religion is an important factor of public sphere. We argue that these societies develop their own social model of religion, which seem to be based on cultural religion, national churches and historical legacies. The latter is specifically observed in the perception of religious pluralism.
In: EU3D Research Paper No. 18
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