1st Edition
Religious Change in Contemporary Poland Secularization and Politics
Foreword David Martin. Introduction. 1. ‘Archaic Man’ and Religion: The Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion in Poland 2. From Paganism to Heathenism via Christianity: Religion in Poland Past and Present 3. Tips for Atheists: The ‘Official Sociology of Religion’ 4. Apocalypse When? The Secular Millennium and a Secular History of Poland 5. Archaism Today: Secular Views of Contemporary Catholicism and its Prospects 6. Catholic Man and Religion: Sociologie Religieuse, Catholics and Secularization 7. From Marxism to Christianity 8. What Next?
Biography
Maciej Pomian-Srzednicki obtained his first degree from Birmingham University and his PhD at The London School of Economics. He travelled widely in Poland during the 1970s. In the early 1980s he co-authored with John Marks and Caroline Cox three reports Standards in English Schools and was a member of the Education Study Group at the Centre for Policy Studies. He worked with Roger Scruton’s Jagellonian Trust which provided support to the Polish Solidarity movement.
Original Review of Religious Change in Contemporary Poland:
‘This book is indispensable to those who wish to understand both the complexity and perversity of Marxist-Leninist theory and practice in regard to religion on one side and the liberating function of religion on the other. The book is written with competent knowledge, sociological imagination and sharp wit.’ Karol H. Borowski, Sociological Analysis Vol 44, Issue 3 (1983)
