Living without God in a religious country: Polish nonbelievers as a cultural minority

This article focuses on the community of Polish nonbelievers; according to different surveys, they constitute approximately 8% of the overall population. In this research-grounded opinion they should be treated as a minority, not only strictly numerically but also culturally, with all the consequenc...

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Main Author: Tyrala, Radoslaw (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Social compass
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-144
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Poles / Catholicism / Irreligiousness / Cultural identity / national minority
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CD Christianity and Culture
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B minorité culturelle
B nonbelievers
B Discrimination
B non-croyants
B cultural minority
B Identity
B Identité
B Polanddiscrimination
B Pologne
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