Transformacja katechizacji szkolnej w Polsce XX i XXI wieku w wyniku zmian ustrojowych
The transformation of school catechesis in Poland in the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of systemic changes

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the problems of teaching religion in Poland in the 20th and 21st centuries. At the beginning, the teaching of religion in the interwar period was discussed. This part focuses on the effects of the reforms carried out after Poland regained independence and the assessment of the new education system in the reborn Poland. Then the most important normative acts regulating the teaching of catechesis in schools until the outbreak of World War II were indicated. In the further part of the article, the changes taking place in the new post-war reality of Polish and the difficult time of communism for religious education in Poland are concluded. Chronologically, the effects of the political change in Poland after 1989 in the context of catechesis of children and young people are presented. In the final part, the current status of religion lessons in Polish education was analyzed along with the draft changes envisaged by the Ministry of Education. In addition, the changes taking place in the dialogue between the state and the Church, which is the foundation in the organization of catechesis at every level of education in Poland, are shown. The publication is a summary of the century of teaching religion in Poland.

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