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Religious Life in Poland: History, Diversity and Modern Issues

Religious Life in Poland: History, Diversity and Modern Issues

Paperback

Comparative ReligionReligion General Eastern European History

ISBN10: 0786475897
ISBN13: 9780786475896
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Feb 10 2014
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This book provides a concise historical outline of religion in Poland up until its entry into the European Union in 2004, together with a longer presentation of contemporary religious issues. Albeit largely mono-ethnic and overwhelmingly Catholic after the loss of its large Jewish population to the Holocaust, and subsequent post-World War II border shifts, traces of an historic diversity remain in Poland to date, playing a greater role than mere numbers would suggest. Poland's fairly robust religious life is affected by the country's continuing modernization and its various institutions, and this is discussed within a broad context. One of the unfortunate legacies of decades of communism is a stunted civil society; while at different levels there are conflicts involving religion, at the grassroots it is one of the few forces building much needed trust in present-day Polish society.

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