The Roman Catholic Church in the Process of Democratic Transformation: the Case of Poland

Borowik, Irena

doi:10.1177/0037768602049002008

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“…In addition, there are many examples of religious groups and movements inspiring conservative political agendas around the world, for instance, in Northern Ireland (Taylor 1985; Mitchell, O'Leary, and Evans 2001), Israel (Kirschenbaum 1993), various nations throughout Europe (Moyser 1991; Talin 1995; Broughton and Napel 2000; Jelen and Wilcox 2002; Norris and Inglehart 2004), and Islamic regions in the Middle East and Central Asia (see Marty and Appleby 1991; Jelen 1991; Froese 2004). But instances of conservative religious movements can be contrasted dramatically with liberal political movements in Western and Eastern Europe having distinct religious origins (Borowik 2002; Norris and Inglehart 2005), along with religious struggles for social justice in Latin America (see Casanova 1994; Moaddel 1996; Smith 1996). In the end, religion can inspire fervor on both ends of the political spectrum.…”

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Unraveling Religious Worldviews: The Relationship between Images of God and Political Ideology in a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Froese

Bader

2008

The Sociological Quarterly

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Not only do few studies address the issue of how religious belief relates to political ideology, but little attempt has also been made to analyze this relationship from a comparative perspective. Using data from the International Social Survey Program, we examine how images of God, as measured by God's perceived level of engagement and authority, relate to political ideology in seven Western industrial and postindustrial societies. We find that variation in images of God has no effect on whether individuals are politically liberal or conservative in five of seven countries. Nonetheless, beliefs about God are strongly related to abortion and sexual morality attitudes in every country, but only sporadically related to ideas about social and economic justice. In the end, we argue that theological beliefs tend to be unrelated to a general measure of political ideology, not because religious beliefs are politically unimportant in these societies, but rather because religious perspectives are rarely fully liberal or conservative in their political orientation. In addition, we find that Americans hold unique views of God in comparison to other countries in our sample and that the American tendency to view God as more active and authoritative affects policy attitudes in ways contrary to the effects of church attendance.The notion that religion tunes human actions to an envisaged cosmic order and projects images of cosmic order onto the plane of existence is hardly novel. But it is hardly investigated either, so that we have very little idea of how, in empirical terms, the particular miracle is accomplished. Clifford Geertz (1973:24) Religious people are politically conservative. While this statement is commonly asserted and garners a good deal of empirical support, the relationship between religion and politics worldwide is multifaceted, changing with political and religious cultures and dependent on the types of empirical measures under consideration. In general, social scientists tend to explore the relationship between religious affiliations/identities and political behavior, such as voting, or political party affiliation, and mainly focus on the political conservatism of

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Unraveling Religious Worldviews: The Relationship between Images of God and Political Ideology in a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Froese

Bader

2008

The Sociological Quarterly

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“…Indeed, as earlier chapters in this volume have emphasized, and as can be observed in Fig. In Poland, for example, the Catholic Church generally supported the solidarity movement ( Solidarność ), coming out on the right side of history, while Hungarian church leaders collaborated more closely with the Communist party, with enduring consequences for religiosity after the transition from autocracy (Borowik 2002 ;Froese 2001 ;Froese and Pfaff 2001 ;Zrinscak 2002 ). Wide disparities are also evidenced within Europe, for example, separating religious Poland and secular Sweden, or religious Italy and secular France.…”

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Religion and Civil Society in Europe

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Dekker²,

Halman³

2013

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“…the Church was a defender of human rights, the opposition was supported by the Pope John Paul II and the 'Solidarity' movement leaders were closely associated with the Church -Poles have developed a combined Polish-Catholic identity (Borowik, 2002).…”

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Attitudes towards the ‘stranger’: negotiating encounters with difference in the UK and Poland

Harris

Jackson

Piekut

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Social & Cultural Geography

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Due to recent intensification in international mobility in Europe, its citizens are exposed to a much wider range of lifestyles and competing attitudes towards difference.Individuals are therefore increasingly likely to encounter 'strangers' and are therefore required to negotiate discontinuities and contradictions between the values that are transmitted through different sites. In response, the paper explores the concept of the 'stranger' through original data collected in the UK and Poland. The paper highlights that the construction of who is a stranger depends on national historical contexts, core values and related visions of the society. The UK and Poland have very different histories and experiences with social diversity, impacting on the ways in which individuals negotiate strange encounters. In both countries the 'stranger' is often seen in a negative way and in relation to the minority groups that are perceived to be visibly different, distinct or 'unknown' in contemporary times. In Poland, this is now largely articulated through sexual prejudice (homophobia), whilst in the UK, attitudes towards the 'stranger' are largely conveyed through religious prejudice (Islamophobia). As such, the paper offers a means of understanding how encounters with difference 'produce' strangers in different contexts.

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The Roman Catholic Church in the Process of Democratic Transformation: the Case of Poland

Cited by 107 publications

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Unraveling Religious Worldviews: The Relationship between Images of God and Political Ideology in a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Unraveling Religious Worldviews: The Relationship between Images of God and Political Ideology in a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Religion and Civil Society in Europe

Attitudes towards the ‘stranger’: negotiating encounters with difference in the UK and Poland

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