Tensions in Poland over Ecumenical Dialogue

"If I would use the phrase, ‘the specter of secularization is haunting Poland right now,’ that would be probably a good description of the present mindset of great number of people in Poland. The presently existing tensions are not, I think, inter-religious or inter-church tensions. The inter-r...

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Main Author: Gorniak-Kocikowska, Krystyna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Theological Sem. 2008
In: Religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2008, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-18
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