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Religious People – What is Behind Polish Catholicism?

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: February 16, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00

The label “society with a strong religious influence” ranks among the most common Czech perceptions of Poland. Viewing Poland through Catholicism has a long tradition here, dating back at least to Masaryk’s day. What is the source of this by European standards unique connection of national identity and religion, of the typical equation of “Pole” and “Catholic”?

These questions will be discussed by the two authors of the book Religious People, the philosopher and sociologist Paweł Rojek and the sociologist and psychologist Michał Łuczewski. The writers of the individual essays advance a surprising theory – that this robust and direct bond between “the nation and the church” is in fact something new in Polish history. It was created at the end of the 19th century and took root firmly during the communist period.

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