RT Article
T1 The Polish Catholic Church's perception of the processes of EU integration and Europeanisation in the context of traditional norms and values
JF Religion, state & society
VO 43
IS 4
SP 342
OP 356
A1 Szumigalska, Agnieszka
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1571254099
AB The Catholic Church has historically played a significant role in the sociocultural and political life of Poland. Its activity was particularly evident and significant during the process of political transformation. Since 1989, however, the sociopolitical conditions have remarkably changed, thereby placing the church in a new, challenging context. Poland's post-1989 political aspirations (opening to the West in particular) have come to the fore of the public debate, in which the church has actively participated. In this article I aim to analyse the church's position on the process of EU integration and the Europeanisation of Polish law and culture. The main questions concern the direction of argumentation used by the church's internal wings and the politicisation of the discourse on the axiological shape of Polish culture and tradition. My analysis embraces the debate surrounding the process of European integration, with special consideration of the church's internal divisions (between the ‘centre-right' and ‘radical-right' in particular) and ideological discrepancies concerning the very idea of integration and the debates on the draft Constitution of the European Union (Constitutional Treaty) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the European Union.
K1 Catholic Church
K1 European Integration
K1 European Union
K1 Europeanisation
K1 Poland
DO 10.1080/09637494.2015.1131954