The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Prisoner of History
Nonfiction, History, Eastern Europe, European General, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
| Author: | Edward D. Wynot Jr. | ISBN: | 9780739198858 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward D. Wynot Jr. |
| ISBN: | 9780739198858 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Prisoner of History shows the adaptability of an Orthodox community whose members are a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic country populated by ethnic Poles. It features a triangular relationship among the Orthodox and Catholic hierarchies and the secular state of Poland throughout the changes of government. A secondary interrelationship involves the tense relationship between ethnic Poles on one hand, and minority Ukrainians and Belarusans on the other. As a “prisoner” of its own history and strangers in its own land, the Polish Orthodox Church faces a constant struggle for survival.
The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Prisoner of History shows the adaptability of an Orthodox community whose members are a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic country populated by ethnic Poles. It features a triangular relationship among the Orthodox and Catholic hierarchies and the secular state of Poland throughout the changes of government. A secondary interrelationship involves the tense relationship between ethnic Poles on one hand, and minority Ukrainians and Belarusans on the other. As a “prisoner” of its own history and strangers in its own land, the Polish Orthodox Church faces a constant struggle for survival.
