Church and state in communist Poland
Subtitle: a history, 1944-1989
By: Marian S. Mazgaj
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780786459049
Description: "This text explores the nature of Polish Catholicism in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes it underwent under the policies of Soviet Communism. Of particular note are the laws and policies that were employed by the state in order to destroy religiosity in general, and Catholicism in particular"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legal status of the Church in pre-war Poland; title: Abrogation of the concordat; title: Legal status of the Church in post-war Poland; title: Legislation affecting the temporal goods of the Church; title: The Church's teaching activity in the schools; title: Legislation affecting Christian marriage; title: Main events which affected the state-church relations; title: The 1989 statute on the state-church relations in Poland; title: The 1933 Polish concordat with the Vatican; title: The 1997 constitution of the Republic of Poland.