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The Bridges of Mutual Understanding

Billy Graham’s Visit to Poland in October 1978

Author(s): Włodzimierz Batóg
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Billy Graham; Polish People’s Republic; preacher; USA-USSR relations; religious relations; evangelism; Protestants; Baptists
Summary/Abstract: Billy Graham, Polish People’s Republic, preacher, USA-USSR relations, religious relations, evangelism, Protestants, BaptistsThe publication discusses the visit of the American preacher Billy Graham to Poland in 1978, presenting its circumstances, course and results. It analyses the causes of the invitation issued by the Polish Baptist Church as well as the attitudes towards it adopted by other Protestant churches, Catholic Church and the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic. It also shows religious relations in Poland and in the world in the 1970s and American presence in communist countries made possible through unconventional methods.

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