Religion, Politics, and Values in Poland [electronic resource] : Continuity and Change Since 1989 /
Ramet, Sabrina P.editor.
Borowik, Irena.editor.
This volume brings together leading scholars to examine how the Church has brought its values into the political sphere and, in the process, alienated some of the younger generation. Since the disintegration of the communist one-party state at the end of the 1980s, the Catholic Church has pushed its agenda to ban abortion, introduce religious instruction in the state schools, and protect Poland from secular influences emanating from the European Union. As one of the consequences, Polish society has become polarized along religious lines, with conservative forces such as Fr. Rydzyk's Radio Maryja seeking to counter the influence of the European Union and liberals on the left trying to protect secular values. This volume casts a wide net in topics, with chapters on Pope John Paul II, Radio Maryja, religious education, the Church's campaign against what it calls "genderism," and the privatization of religious belief, among other topics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Strength of the Church - An Introduction  -- Controversies in the social & political engagement of the Catholic Church in Poland since 1988  -- The Many Faces of John Paul II  -- The Roman Catholic Church In Poland vis-à-vis Europe and the Processes of European integration: Three images of Europe  -- Radio Maryja and Fr. Rydzyk as a creator of the National-Catholic ideology  -- The war on gender? The Roman Catholic Church's discourse on gender in Poland  -- The Politics of Religious Education in Poland after 1989  -- Religious minorities in contemporary Poland  -- Religion in Poland between tradition and modernity, or religious continuity and change in conditions of transformation  -- The Public Engagement of the Catholic Church in Polish Society  -- Polish religious values as reflected in the European Values Study  -- Religiosity, the Catholic Church, and Politics in Poland  -- Visible Religion, Invisible Ethics  -- Religion, politics and social attitudes in transforming Poland.
This volume brings together leading scholars to examine how the Church has brought its values into the political sphere and, in the process, alienated some of the younger generation. Since the disintegration of the communist one-party state at the end of the 1980s, the Catholic Church has pushed its agenda to ban abortion, introduce religious instruction in the state schools, and protect Poland from secular influences emanating from the European Union. As one of the consequences, Polish society has become polarized along religious lines, with conservative forces such as Fr. Rydzyk's Radio Maryja seeking to counter the influence of the European Union and liberals on the left trying to protect secular values. This volume casts a wide net in topics, with chapters on Pope John Paul II, Radio Maryja, religious education, the Church's campaign against what it calls "genderism," and the privatization of religious belief, among other topics. .
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