The secularisation paradigm has for a long time been the dominant frame of reference for understanding the place and function of religion in contemporary societies. The first secularisation theories (Berger, Wilson, Martin), even if constructed on the basis of the European experience, served as a universal theoretical framework for interpreting the changes in the position of religion in the global world. Along with growing evidence from outside and within Europe on the vitality of religion, the secularisation paradigm was challenged and its applicability was gradually limited. The aim of this paper is to focus on the adaptation of the model to the Polish context under socialist and post-socialist conditions. Taking into account the cultural embeddedness of the model and its assumed universality, interesting is the question about the extent and the way in which the model has been present and used in Poland.