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Slavic Native Faith in Poland

Slavic Native Faith in Poland

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Slavic Native Faith in Poland (Rodnovery; Polish: Rodzimowierstwo) has in 2007, according to Scott Simpson, between 2000 and 2500 "actively engaged and regular participants".[1] In 2020, Konrad Kośnik and Elżbieta Hornowska estimated that Rodnovers in Poland were between 7000 and 10,000.[2]

History

See also: Slavic Native Faith § History

In 1818, the Polish folklorist and Slavophile Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski (pseudonym of Adam Czarnocki; 1784–1825) stated that Poland "must return to [the] native faith". According to that, he's recognised as precursor of the Slavic Native Faith in Poland.[3] Another precursor in Poland was Jan Sas Zubrzycki (1860–1935), who elaborated the doctrine of Bogoznawstwo (Polish calque of theology).[4]

In the interwar period, a few movements emerged in Poland, recognized as early Polish Slavic Native Faith followers: the Święte Koło Czcicieli Światowida ("Holy Circle of Worshippers of Svetovid"; 1921) of Władysław Kołodziej (1897–1978), Demiurg (1934), and Zadrugism (1937) of Jan Stachniuk (1905–1963).[5] Another example is the pilot and army officer Zdzisław Harlender (1898–1939), who advocated Polish Native Faith in his book Czciciele Dadźbóg Swarożyca ("Worshipers of Dadźbóg Swarożyc", 1937).[6]

The rapper and music producer Donatan is a self-declared adherent of Slavic Native Faith.[7] He released his debut album Równonoc (English: Equinox) in 2012 and is a prolific music producer in Poland; he produced the song "My Słowianie (We Are Slavic)" which represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[8]

Demographics

In 2013, Simpson noted that Slavic Native Faith remains a "very small religion" in Poland, which is otherwise dominated by Roman Catholicism.[9] He suggested that there were under 900 regularly active members of the main four registered Polish Native Faith organisations,[10] and around as many adherents belonging to smaller, unregistered groups.[11]

In 2017, he stated that between 2000 and 2500 "actively engaged and regular participants" were likely active in the country.[1] In 2020, Konrad Kośnik and Elżbieta Hornowska estimated between 7000 and 10,000 Rodnovers in Poland.[2]

Simpson observed that in the country, Slavic Native Faith's adherents were "still relatively young",[12] and saw an overlap with the community of historical re-enactors.[11] Kosnik and Hornowska observed that despite being young, Polish Rodnovers were spiritually mature and had joined the religion as it satisfied deep personal needs.[13] They also observed that males constituted the majority of the community.[13]

Rodnover organisations in Poland

V Poland-wide Slavic Native Faith Congress

The major organisation of Rodnovery in Poland is the Rodnover Confederation.

There are five formally registered religious organisations:

See also

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Simpson 2017, p. 82.
  2. [2]
    Kośnik & Hornowska 2020, p. 74.
  3. [3]
    Simpson 2000, pp. 50–51.
  4. [4]
    Simpson & Filip 2013, p. 28.
  5. [5]
    Simpson 2000, pp. 67–80.
  6. [6]
    Simpson 2012, p. 11.
  7. [7]
    Simpson 2017, p. 77.
  8. [8]
    BBC 2014.
  9. [9]
    Simpson 2013, p. 120.
  10. [10]
    Simpson 2013, p. 115.
  11. [11]
    Simpson 2013, p. 118.
  12. [12]
    Simpson 2013, p. 119.
  13. [13]
    Kośnik & Hornowska 2020, p. 91.
  14. [14]
    "Powołanie nowego związku wyznaniowego" [Creation of a new religious association]. Duchtynia (in Polish). 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017.

Sources

Further reading

  • Schaab, Philipp (2019). Götter, Ahnen, Blut und Boden? Die Konstruktion ethnischer Identität im gegenwärtigen slawischen Neuheidentum in Polen. Religionen in der pluralen Welt (in German). Vol. 18. Berlin: Lit Verlag. ISBN 9783643145123.


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