RT Article
T1 Differentiation of religiosity and its effects on biopolitical orientations among Catholics: evidence from Poland
JF Politics and religion
VO 16
IS 3
SP 435
OP 467
A1 Borowik, Irena 1956-
A1 Grygiel, Paweł
A2 Grygiel, Paweł
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1916883176
AB Existing research proves the connection between religion and social attitudes toward biopolitical topics. The purpose of our analyses was to deepen reflection on these connections. We explored the internal pluralization of religiosity and ideological self-placement and their significance for orientations toward abortion, in vitro fertilization, and homosexuality, subjects of intensive political debate engaging the Catholic Church. Our analysis, based on a nationally representative sample of Catholics in Poland, leads to the conclusion that, despite high indicators of religiosity, the capacity of the Roman Catholic Church to form a consistent cognitive perspective among its followers is limited. Even among Catholics who present fully institutionalized religiosity (~25%), only half agree with the Church's teaching on biopolitical themes. These findings are discussed in the context of the importance of intra-religious pluralism for understanding the ideological role of religion in countries with high levels of belonging to one, dominant form of it.
K1 Biopolitics
K1 Catholicism
K1 Poland
K1 Religiosity
DO 10.1017/S1755048323000093