Author : Christopher Garbowski
Release : 2014-02-10
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 897/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Religious Life in Poland by : Christopher Garbowski
Download or read book Religious Life in Poland written by Christopher Garbowski. This book was released on 2014-02-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
