"Catholicism as a Cultural Phenomenon in the Time of Globalization. A Polish Perspective"

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Preface - Prof. Zygmunt Bauman 2

Chapter 1. The Catholic Church and Globalization 6

I. General Perspectives 6

Chapter 2. Intellectuals and Catholicism in Today's Poland 17

Chapter 3. Jesuits in Poland and Eastern Europe 29

Chapter 4. The Beginning of Catholic Higher Education in the USA: The Case of Belarusian Jesuits 47

Chapter 5. The Impact of Communism on Culture and Religion in Post-Communist Europe 57

II. Poland After Communism 57

Chapter 6. The Revenge of the "Victims" or About Polish Catholics' Difficulty with Democracy 70

Chapter 7. Distributive Justice: Aspects of Making Democracy in Poland 78

Chapter 8. Why do Polish Catholics Have Problems Facing the Holocaust? 87

III. Polish-Jewish Relations After the Holocaust 87

Chapter 9. Catholics, Jews and the Teachings of Abraham Joshua Heschel 103

Chapter 10. Is Christology an Obstacle for Jewish Christian Understanding? 115

Chapter 11. Christology as a Christian Form of Idolatry 122

Chapter 12. A Common Destiny: Why Jewish-Christian Dialogue is Important to Me? 133

Chapter 13. Between Enthusiasm and Silence: Polish Catholic Theologians and the Jews 139

Index 152

Bibliography 154