Sources of the strength of the church in Poland : an introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet -- Part I. The politics of religion since 1989. Controversies in the social and political engagement of the Catholic Church in Poland since 1988 / Sabrina P. Ramet -- The many faces of John Paul II / Stanisław Obirek -- The Roman Catholic Church in Poland vis-à-vis Europe and the Processes of European integration. Three pictures of Europe / Katarzyna Lezczyńska -- Radio Maryja and Fr. Rydzyk as a creator of the national-Catholic ideology / Ireneusz Krzemiński -- A war on gender? The Roman Catholic Church's discourse on gender in Poland / Anna Szwed and Katarzyna Zielińska -- The politics of religious education in Poland after 1990 / Marcin K. Zwierżdżyński -- Religious minorities in contemporary Poland / Zbigniew Pasek -- Part II. Values and attitudes today. Religion in Poland between tradition and modernity, or religious continuity and change in conditions of transformation / Irena Borowik -- The public engagement of the Catholic Church in Polish society / Janusz Mariański -- Polish religious values as reflected in the European values study / Mirosława Marody and Sławomir Mandes -- Religiosity, the Catholic Church, and politics in Poland / Mirosława Grabowska -- Visible religion, invisible ethics / Wojciech Pawlik -- Religion, politics, and social attitudes in transforming Poland : a conclusion / Irena Borowik