Religion, Politics, and Values in Poland: Continuity and Change Since 1989 (Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy)

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. RydzykÆs 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 ChurchÆs campaign against what it calls ôgenderism,ö and the privatization of religious belief, among other topics.

• | Author: Sabrina Ramet, Irena Borowik
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Oct 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 359 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137448334
• | ISBN-13: 9781137448330