There's certainly a lot of shared political history there. Poland has its catholic right wing base just as we have the evangelicals, both heavily influencing politics and anathema to democracy in so many ways. (Are any churches working on saving souls and rendering aid to the poor and the outcasts these days?) Of course courting the powe…
There's certainly a lot of shared political history there. Poland has its catholic right wing base just as we have the evangelicals, both heavily influencing politics and anathema to democracy in so many ways. (Are any churches working on saving souls and rendering aid to the poor and the outcasts these days?) Of course courting the power of the churches is good politics. Ask Putin, a non-believer who wisely wooed the Russian Orthodox clergy as he ascended in Russian politics. In the final analysis the global conflict may not be between democracy and authoritarianism as much as it's between religious fundamentalism and secularism.
There's certainly a lot of shared political history there. Poland has its catholic right wing base just as we have the evangelicals, both heavily influencing politics and anathema to democracy in so many ways. (Are any churches working on saving souls and rendering aid to the poor and the outcasts these days?) Of course courting the power of the churches is good politics. Ask Putin, a non-believer who wisely wooed the Russian Orthodox clergy as he ascended in Russian politics. In the final analysis the global conflict may not be between democracy and authoritarianism as much as it's between religious fundamentalism and secularism.