The battle for symbolic power : Kraków as a stage of renegotiation of the social position of the Catholic Church in Poland

2021
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8
dc.abstract.enIn academic and popular discourses, Poland has been consistently described as a "Catholic country". However, the level of identification with the Catholic Church in Poland has been gradually declining in the last three decades. In this paper, we explore the recent wave of civil protests which began in october 2020 as a reaction to the new restrictions on legal access to abortion. Thousands of people took to the streets to participate in what became known as "the Women’s Strike". The protesters not only rejected the government but also dissented from the Catholic Church and its strong influence over the Polish state. The case study presented here focuses on the events that took place in Kraków, particularly the protests around the famous "Pope’s window". We identify the symbolic tools used by the protesters and explore the connection between "Women’s Strike", the emergent discourses on the poor handling of the sexual abuse problems in the Catholic Church by John Paul II and his close associates, and the growing contestation of Church’s position towards LGBTQ+. We employ the notion of crisis to discuss the implications of the mass protests to the transformation of the Catholic landscape in Poland.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Religioznawstwapl
dc.affiliationSzkoła Doktorska Nauk Humanistycznychpl
dc.contributor.authorMotak, Dominika - 130762 pl
dc.contributor.authorKrotofil, Joanna - 160303 pl
dc.contributor.authorWójciak, Dorota - 218015 pl
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-14T12:26:18Z
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dc.identifier.articleid594pl
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rel12080594pl
dc.identifier.eissn2077-1444pl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / Opl
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/278482
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.participationKrotofil, Joanna: 45%; Motak, Dominika: 45%;pl
dc.pbn.affiliationDziedzina nauk humanistycznych : nauki o kulturze i religiipl
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dc.subject.enCatholic churchpl
dc.subject.enabortionpl
dc.subject.enwomen’s strikepl
dc.subject.enprotestspl
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dc.titleThe battle for symbolic power : Kraków as a stage of renegotiation of the social position of the Catholic Church in Polandpl
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In academic and popular discourses, Poland has been consistently described as a "Catholic country". However, the level of identification with the Catholic Church in Poland has been gradually declining in the last three decades. In this paper, we explore the recent wave of civil protests which began in october 2020 as a reaction to the new restrictions on legal access to abortion. Thousands of people took to the streets to participate in what became known as "the Women’s Strike". The protesters not only rejected the government but also dissented from the Catholic Church and its strong influence over the Polish state. The case study presented here focuses on the events that took place in Kraków, particularly the protests around the famous "Pope’s window". We identify the symbolic tools used by the protesters and explore the connection between "Women’s Strike", the emergent discourses on the poor handling of the sexual abuse problems in the Catholic Church by John Paul II and his close associates, and the growing contestation of Church’s position towards LGBTQ+. We employ the notion of crisis to discuss the implications of the mass protests to the transformation of the Catholic landscape in Poland.
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Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Religioznawstwa
dc.affiliationpl
Szkoła Doktorska Nauk Humanistycznych
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Motak, Dominika - 130762
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Krotofil, Joanna - 160303
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Wójciak, Dorota - 218015
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2021-09-14T12:26:18Z
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Krotofil, Joanna: 45%; Motak, Dominika: 45%;
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Dziedzina nauk humanistycznych : nauki o kulturze i religii
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
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otwarte czasopismo
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Catholic church
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abortion
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women’s strike
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protests
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The battle for symbolic power : Kraków as a stage of renegotiation of the social position of the Catholic Church in Poland
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