The Father Lemański Affair

Under the People’s Republic of Poland, the Polish clergy often assumed the power to speak on behalf of ‘its’ laity. However, the Church’s foray into democratic politics in the 1990s opened up a profound moral and ideological divide between itself and many Poles who now reject the Church’s institutio...

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Main Author: Smolenski, Natalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2014, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-50
Further subjects:B Poland Catholicism sanctity Lemański postcommunism
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