A History Of Polish Christianity

Author : Jerzy Kloczowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521364299

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A History of Polish Christianity by Jerzy Kloczowski Pdf

This is a single-volume history of Christianity in Poland, a subject at the core of religious history and European secular history alike. The book covers the development of Polish Christianity from the tenth century to the year 2000, placing it in the broader context of East-Central European political, social, religious and cultural history. Jewish-Christian relations, and the problematic religious history of the Jews in the region, play an important part in the story, and there are pervasive references to countries historically linked to Poland, such as Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine. Jerzy Kloczowski shows how the history of Poland, and Polish Christianity, are embedded in the complex systems of relations with other countries and religious denominations. A History of Polish Christianity should be read by anyone interested in the confrontation between Christianity and the totalitarian systems of the twentieth century, and in the interplay between Eastern and Western Christianity.

Author : Waldemar Paruch,Wydawnictwo Sejmowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8376665707

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Christianity in the History of Poland and the Poles 966-2016 by Waldemar Paruch,Wydawnictwo Sejmowe Pdf

Author : Igor Kąkolewski,Christian Lübke,Przemysław Urbańczyk
Publisher : Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Bohemia (Czech Republic)
ISBN : 3631787251

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The Dawning of Christianity in Poland and Across Central and Eastern Europe by Igor Kąkolewski,Christian Lübke,Przemysław Urbańczyk Pdf

This book presents the newest research by archeologists and historians on the genesis of Christianization in Polish and some other Central and Eastern European lands in the early Middle Ages as well as analyses on various politics of memory related to the founding myths of statehood in today's Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.

Author : Jerzy Braun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011705988

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Poland in Christian Civilization by Jerzy Braun Pdf

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137402813

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The Catholic Church in Polish History by Sabrina P. Ramet Pdf

The book chronicles the evolution of the church's political power throughout Poland's unique history. Beginning in the tenth century, the study first details how Catholicism overcame early challenges in Poland, from converting the early polytheists to pushing back the Protestant Reformation half a millennium later. It continues into the dawn of the modern age—including the division of Poland between Prussia, Russia, and Austria between 1772 and 1795, the interwar years, the National Socialist occupation of World War Two, and the communist and post-war communist eras—during which The Church only half-correctly presented itself as a steadfast protector of Poles, with clergy members who either stood up to foreign authorities or collaborated with those same Nazi and Communist leaders. This study ends with a consideration of how the Church has taken advantage of the fall of communism to push its own social agenda, at times against the wishes of most Poles.

Author : Christopher Garbowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476612454

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Religious Life in Poland by Christopher Garbowski Pdf

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.

Author : Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier,Rafael Domingo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000814484

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Law and Christianity in Poland by Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier,Rafael Domingo Pdf

This volume is the first comprehensive study of the Polish history of law and Christianity written in English for a global audience. It examines the lives of twenty-one central figures in Polish law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a factor in molding the evolution of law in their country and the region. The individuals selected for study exhibit wide-ranging areas of expertise, from private law and codification, through national public law and constitutional law, to international developments that left their mark on Poland and the world. The chapters discuss the jurists within their historical, intellectual, and political context. The editors selected jurists after extensive consultation with legal historians looking at the jurists’ particular merits, contributions to law in general, religious perspective, and period under consideration. The collection will appeal to scholars, lawyers, and students interested in the interplay between law and religion. Political, social, legal, and religious historians, among other readers, will find, for the first time in English, authoritative treatments of essential Polish legal thinkers and authors.

Author : Sheridan Gilley,Brian Stanley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0521814561

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The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 8, World Christianities C.1815-c.1914 by Sheridan Gilley,Brian Stanley Pdf

This is the first scholarly treatment of nineteenth-century Christianity to discuss the subject in a global context. Part I analyses the responses of Catholic and Protestant Christianity to the intellectual and social challenges presented by European modernity. It gives attention to the explosion of new voluntary forms of Christianity and the expanding role of women in religious life. Part II surveys the diverse and complex relationships between the churches and nationalism, resulting in fundamental changes to the connections between church and state. Part III examines the varied fortunes of Christianity as it expanded its historic bases in Asia and Africa, established itself for the first time in Australasia, and responded to the challenges and opportunities of the European colonial era. Each chapter has a full bibliography providing guidance on further reading.

Author : Brian Stanley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691157108

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Christianity in the Twentieth Century by Brian Stanley Pdf

A history of unparalleled scope that charts the global transformation of Christianity during an age of profound political and cultural change Christianity in the Twentieth Century charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity. Written by a leading scholar of world Christianity, the book traces how Christianity evolved from a religion defined by the culture and politics of Europe to the expanding polycentric and multicultural faith it is today--one whose growing popular support is strongest in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China, and other parts of Asia. Brian Stanley sheds critical light on themes of central importance for understanding the global contours of modern Christianity, illustrating each one with contrasting case studies, usually taken from different parts of the world. Unlike other books on world Christianity, this one is not a regional survey or chronological narrative, nor does it focus on theology or ecclesiastical institutions. Rather, Stanley provides a history of Christianity as a popular faith experienced and lived by its adherents, telling a compelling and multifaceted story of Christendom's fortunes in Europe, North America, and across the rest of the globe. Transnational in scope and drawing on the latest scholarship, Christianity in the Twentieth Century demonstrates how Christianity has had less to fear from the onslaughts of secularism than from the readiness of Christians themselves to accommodate their faith to ideologies that privilege racial identity or radical individualism.

Author : Anita J. Prazmowska
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0333972546

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A History of Poland by Anita J. Prazmowska Pdf

The turbulent history of Poland has long attracted international interest. In this wide-ranging survey, Anita J. Prazmowska explores the story of Poland from early settlements, through to the emergence of the Kingdom of Poland, the loss of independence and its eventual re-acquisition after the First World War, and ends with an assessment of the present day state. A History of Poland is a lucid examination of the rise of a state which, throughout centuries, spanned the civilizations of the West and East. Prazmowska explains the roots of Polish Christianity and accounts for its tenacity. She also offers a bold analysis of the origins and background to the development of a deeply patriotic nation, discussing the political and cultural roots of Polish nationalism while at the same time demonstrating why the Polish Question has been an insoluble problem in European politics. Placing the complex history of Poland in the context of most major European events, this essential guide fully explains the country's place in European consciousness.

Author : Geneviève Zubrzycki
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226993058

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The Crosses of Auschwitz by Geneviève Zubrzycki Pdf

In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland’s borders, Geneviève Zubrzycki sees it as a particularly crucial moment in the development of post-Communist Poland’s statehood and its changing relationship to Catholicism. In The Crosses of Auschwitz, Zubrzycki skillfully demonstrates how this episode crystallized latent social conflicts regarding the significance of Catholicism in defining “Polishness” and the role of anti-Semitism in the construction of a new Polish identity. Since the fall of Communism, the binding that has held Polish identity and Catholicism together has begun to erode, creating unease among ultranationalists. Within their construction of Polish identity also exists pride in the Polish people’s long history of suffering. For the ultranationalists, then, the crosses at Auschwitz were not only symbols of their ethno-Catholic vision, but also an attempt to lay claim to what they perceived was a Jewish monopoly over martyrdom. This gripping account of the emotional and aesthetic aspects of the scene of the crosses at Auschwitz offers profound insights into what Polishness is today and what it may become.

Author : Edward D. Wynot
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739198858

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The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond by Edward D. Wynot Pdf

The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Prisoner of History shows the adaptability of an Orthodox community whose members are a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic country populated by ethnic Poles. It features a triangular relationship among the Orthodox and Catholic hierarchies and the secular state of Poland throughout the changes of government. A secondary interrelationship involves the tense relationship between ethnic Poles on one hand, and minority Ukrainians and Belarusans on the other. As a “prisoner” of its own history and strangers in its own land, the Polish Orthodox Church faces a constant struggle for survival.

Author : Paweł Bajko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Churches of Christ
ISBN : 8391829200

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A history of the churches of Christ in Poland by Paweł Bajko Pdf

Author : Ronald E. Modras
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : 9789058231291

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The Catholic Church and Antisemitism by Ronald E. Modras Pdf

This book examines how, following Vatican policy, Polish church leaders resisted separation of church and state in the name of Catholic culture. In that struggle, every assimilated Jew served as both a symbol and a potential agent of security.

Author : Richard Unger,Jakub Basista
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004166233

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Britain and Poland-Lithuania by Richard Unger,Jakub Basista Pdf

Twenty-four papers deal with various aspects of the economies, politics, religion, art, and culture of Britain and Poland-Lithuania from the Middle Ages down to the Third Partition, illustrating unexpected similarities and long-standing ties between the two regions.