Faith and Fatherland - Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland

Zusatztext scholars should welcome this learned and thought-provoking work, which challenges shallow and stereotypical slogans about Polish Catholicism. Informationen zum Autor Professor of History, University of Michigan Klappentext Faith and Fatherland examines the relationship between Catholicism and the nationalist right in Poland, explaining how the Church has promoted ethnic exclusivity, antisemitism, and the use of any means necessary in an imagined "struggle for survival." Zusammenfassung Faith and Fatherland examines the relationship between Catholicism and the nationalist right in Poland, explaining how the Church has promoted ethnic exclusivity, antisemitism, and the use of any means necessary in an imagined "struggle for survival." Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Church 2: Sin 3: Modernity 4: The Person and Society 5: Politics 6: The Nation Penitent 7: Ecclesia Militans 8: The Jew 9: Polak-Katolik 10: Mary, Militant and Maternal Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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• Authors: Brian (Brian a Porter, Brian (Brian a. ). Porter, Brian Porter-Szucs, Brian (Professor of History Porter-Szucs, Porter-Szucs Brian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2011
• EAN: 9780195399059
• ISBN: 978-0-19-539905-9
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; USA, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements