Presuming Religious Congruence? The Nonreligious and Catholicism in Poland

Marta Trzebiatowska

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Presuming Religious Congruence? The Nonreligious and Catholicism in Poland

Marta Trzebiatowska^* (Corresponding Author)

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Sociology

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Abstract

This article contributes to the understanding of the symbiotic relationship
between the nonreligious and the religious in religiously homogenous cultures. Specifically, it examines the centrality of the religious congruence fallacy in the narratives of nonreligious people. Based on 60 qualitative interviews with Polish nones, I chart the ways in which they make sense of the dominant model of Polish-Catholic religiosity, commonly referred to as the “Polak-Katolik”. The findings demonstrate that nonreligious Poles equate Polish Catholicism with hypocrisy, conformity, and an implicit fear of ostracism. In conclusion, I suggest that it is vital that scholars of nonreligion flesh out the complexities of the relationship between the nones and the religiously homogenous cultures within which they exist.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	653-670
Number of pages	18
Journal	Social Compass
Volume	68
Issue number	4
Early online date	15 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0037768621994746
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021

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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

Funding
The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the British Academy (Grant Number RG13971-10).

Keywords

nonreligion
Polak-Katolik
Poland
religious congruence
Anthropology
Sociology and Political Science
Religious studies

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Marta Trzebiatowska
- School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, Centre for Polish-Lithuanian Studies
- Social Science, Sociology - Senior Lecturer
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