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The Role of the Catholic Church in the Democratization Process in Poland from 1989 - 2024
Stanley Obirek of the University of Warsaw will give this year’s 2024 McCormick Chair Lecture on “The Role of the Catholic Church in the Democratization Process in Poland from 1989 – 2024. The lecture will be held on Thursday, September 19, in Coffey Hall – McCormick Lounge from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. All are welcome.
Prof. Obirek is a cultural anthropologist, theologian, historian, publicist. He works at the Institute of the Americas and Europe at the University of Warsaw. He was a visiting professor at the College of the Holy Cross and a fellow at St. Louis University. His books include: The Jesuits in the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, 1564-1668 (1996); Winged Mind. Walter Ong’s Anthropology of Word (2010); with Zygmunt Bauman, On God and Man. Conversations (2013); with Arno Tausch, Global Catholicism, Tolerance and Open Society. An Empirical Study of the Value Systems of Roman Catholics (2020). He is currently working on a book dealing with a global understanding of postsecularism. He is interested in the place of religion in modern cultures, interreligious dialogue, and strategies for overcoming conflicts between different civilizations and cultures.
