The Attitude of the Kamnik Party Towards the Catholic Church in the First Post-War Years Cover Image

Odnos kamniške partije do Katoliške cerkve v prvih povojnih letih
The Attitude of the Kamnik Party Towards the Catholic Church in the First Post-War Years

Author(s): Damjan Hančič
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Študijski center za narodno spravo
Keywords: Communist Party; Kamnik; post-war period; Catholic Church; Jehovah’s Witnesses;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the attitude of the Communist Party towards religious communities on the local level in Kamnik in the first post-war years, particularly the attitude towards the Catholic Church and partly towards Jehovah’s Witnesses, who were the most active non-Catholic religious community in the area. Compared with other areas in Slovenia, the Party’s attitude towards the Church in the Kamnik area was slightly less conflictive in the post-war period; however, we can see the Party’s strong tendencies for controlling the Church and its members and for limiting the Church’s social influence.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 117-134
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovenian