@misc{Król-Mazur_Renata_Rola_2016,
 author={Król-Mazur, Renata},
 editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2016},
 language={pol},
 abstract={The article sheds light on the questions related to the presence of Christians in the Georgian territories and demonstrates the important role played by the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the history of the Georgian people. For the national identity of the Georgians is closely tied to Christianity and autonomous structures of the Church, which has a profound impact of relations with non-Georgian communities (in the Southern Caucasus Georgia has the largest percentage of ethnic minorities) inhabiting Georgia for centuries, speaking its language, but regarded as “alien” due to their “non-Georgian” religion. The fact that the new authorities provided the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church with an exceptional role in the state (aft er the country regained its independence in 1991) exacerbated ethnic, religious, and social conflicts in Georgia which translates into the relations of the country with its neighbours. Such are the questions examined by the author in the presented article. The author reveals how, under the conditions in Georgia which resulted from the specific relations between the Church and the State, religion was instrumentalised and used used to achieve immediate political aims. Her conclusion is that religion in Georgia inspires nationalist entities and supports nationalism.},
 type={Text},
 title={Rola Prawosławnego Autokefalicznego Apostolskiego Kościoła Gruzińskiego w konfliktach na Kaukazie Południowym},
 URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/61780/PDF/WA303_81444_A453-SzDR-51-2_Mazur.pdf},
 volume={51},
 number={2},
 journal={Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej},
 publisher={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences},
 keywords={Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Catholicos (Patriarch), religion and politics - Caucasus - 1990-, Georgia - politics and government - 1991-, ethnic conflicts - Georgia, Georgia - social situation},
}