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Faith and Fatherland - Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland (Hardcover, New)
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Faith and Fatherland - Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland (Hardcover, New)
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Jesus instructed his followers to "love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who
mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28). Not only has this theme long been
among the Church's most oft-repeated messages, but in everything
from sermons to articles in the Catholic press, it has been
consistently emphasized that the commandment extends to all
humanity. Given this, the history of the Church in the 20th century
presents a puzzle, because on numerous occasions Catholics have
established alliances with nationalist groups promoting ethnic
exclusivity, antisemitism, and the use of any means necessary in an
imagined "struggle for survival." While some might describe this as
mere hypocrisy, Faith and Fatherland attempts to explain precisely
how Catholicism and nationalism have been blended together. Poland,
a country where religious and national identity would seem to
correspond so closely, is an ideal site for exploring this issue.
It is usually taken for granted that Poland is a Catholic nation,
but in fact the country's apparent homogeneity is a relatively
recent development, supported as much by ideology as demography. To
fully contextualize the fusion between faith and fatherland, each
chapter of this book explores a keyword in modern Polish Catholic
rhetoric (concepts like sin, the Church, the nation, and the Virgin
Mary), ultimately showing how these ideas were assembled to create
a powerful but hotly contested form of religious nationalism. By no
means was this outcome inevitable, and it certainly did not
constitute the only way of being Catholic in modern Poland.
Nonetheless, the Church's ongoing struggle to find a place within
an increasingly secular European modernity made this ideological
formation both possible and (for all too many Catholics) appealing.
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