Emilia Moddelmog-Anweiler

For post -communist states, which experienced programmative secularization of
society, and are currently building civil society, the Western models of determining the place and role of religion in public sphere seem to be inadequate and
simplistic. On the one hand, freedom of religion in this region symbolizes success of a new democratic order. On the other, the rapid pace of social, cultural
and political changes causes dilemmas regarding the place of religion in public
life, where religion is part of cultural, national and social identities. People are
stretched between the freedom to be religious publicly, return to traditional religion and freedom of other choices. It therefore seems that, despite religious diversity and the presence of specific historical circumstances in individual countries, these societies share the perspective of determining the place of religion
in the public sphere today, which is the basis of the specific features of religion
in public life.

Imigracja obywateli państw trzecich coraz częściej rozpatrywana jest jako istotny czynnik utrzymania stabilności gospodarczej UE. Kolejne deklaracje Wspólnoty podkreślają, znaczenie migracji jako elementu solidarności i dobrobytu UE. Jednakże złożoność problemów integracji migrantów, społeczna percepcja zagrożenia kulturowego i nielegalne przekraczanie granic stanowią najistotniejszy wspólny mianownik podejmowanych działań.
Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie koncepcji współpracy państw w zakresie zarządzania migracją legalną zawartych w programie sztokholmskiego na lata 2009-2014. Szczególne znaczenie mają tu takie idee jak: globalne podejście do imigracji i mobilności oraz  partnerstwo dla mobilności, które ma wspierać migracje cyrkulacyjne.

Religious heritage is an important cultural resource for a city. First, cities are at the crossroads of conflicting trends in globalisation. Urban communities are looking for that which makes them universal and unique at the same time. Second, reflection on identity in relation to the heritage and history of a city reveals the multicultural past of Central and Eastern Europe, and shows an image of social change and transformation. Religious heritage plays, therefore, various roles. Places connected with religious identities have symbolic, sacred and artistic meanings. They construct a local universe of meaning; they are an important factor of the local narrative and customs, and they place it in the context of national, regional and ethnic traditions. Churches, temples, and cemeteries are also a sign of memory, this shows not only history but also the contemporary processes of remembering and forgetting. The city of Bielsko-Biala was a cultural and religious mosaic until 1945. Jewis...

Religion in the public life in the regions of Central Europe. Features of the Central European model For post‑communist states, which experienced programmative secularization of society, and are currently building civil society, the Western models of determining the place and role of religion in public sphere seem to be inadequate and simplistic. On the one hand, freedom of religion in this region symbolizes success of a new democratic order. On the other, the rapid pace of social, cultural and political changes causes dilemmas regarding the place of religion in public life, where religion is part of cultural, national and social identities. People are stretched between the freedom to be religious publicly, return to traditional religion and freedom of other choices. It therefore seems that, despite religious diversity and the presence of specific historical circumstances in individual countries, these societies share the perspective of determining the place of religion in the publi...