Keynote
Poland is one of the fastest secularising
countries in the world – a Catholic
intellectual searches for an explanation
of that phenomenon.

Selling Points
 An important and excellent diagnosis
of the image of the contemporary Catholic
Church in Poland.
 An attempt to bring to light the crimes
and errors of the representatives of the
Polish clergy in recent decades.
 A polititcal-social panorama of the
dynamically changing Polish reality.
 The book challenges stereotypes about
Polish religiosity, particularly about how
widespread it is.
 An essential work for understanding the
current political situation in Poland.
 A unique perspective – the author is a
zealously active Catholic, who is trying
to make the church accountable for its
actions from within, for which reason
he often offers examples from his own life.
 The author is a respected writer who
is also no stranger to controversy.
Description
Tomasz Terlikowski, one of the best known
but also contraversial commentators
about the life of the Church writes
about its decline – about how the most
enduring institution in the entire history

of Poland is descending into impotence
and stagnation; is losing its significance.
He points to the causes of this rapid
secularisation, including the alliance
between throne and altar, the collapse
of authority, inability to cope with
scandals of a sexual nature, turning a blind
eye to bullying and cult-like behaviour;
in short: Terlikowski talks openly about
what is wrong with the Church. He
systematically leads readers through
successive stages of the most recent
history of the Church in Poland, and also
explores what will be left of Catholicism,
what its new forms will be and what will
post-Catholic Poland be like.

Target Market
Fans of collections of essays.
Readers interested in contemporary Polish
politics and society.
Indivuas interested in religion and the
history of the Church.