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I am a political science professor at the Department of Political Systems, Faculty of International and Political Studies.

My research interests include politics and religion (both the impact of religion on secular political actors and the internal politics of religious organizations), political theory and political philosophy. I'm also keenly interested in the impact of recent technological and social developments on the future of politics.

I am the PI of a research project on power in Catholic monastic institutions (Monastic politics: power and status in religious orders) financed by the Polish National Science Center.

In 2021-22, I was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University, working on a project on costly signaling in religious communities.

I collaborate with EUREL, a European research network on sociology of religion.

Selected publications

Monographs

Political Science of Religion: Theorizing the Political Role of Religion, Palgrave Macmillan, London 2020.

Teokracje ameryka艅skie. 殴r贸d艂a i mechanizmy w艂adzy usankcjonowanej religijnie, Wydawnictwo U艁, 艁贸d藕 2016, ss. 395.

Granice wolno艣ci religijnej. Kwestie wolno艣ci sumienia i wyznania oraz stosunku pa艅stwa do religii w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki, Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, Wroc艂aw 2008, ss. 278.

Wydanie II zmienione: Granice wolno艣ci religijnej. Problemy polityczno-wyznaniowe w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki, Wydawnictwo UMK, Toru艅 2015, ss. 296.

Articles

Symbolic Conflict in the Public Sphere: the Catholic Church against the State in Post-Communist Poland, "East European Politics and Societies", 2023

Voluntary Costly Signals in Religious Communities: a Political Interpretation, 鈥淢ethod and Theory in the Study of Religion鈥� 2023, vol. 35, issue 4.

Costly Commitments "Under His Eye" - Reconceptualizing the Costly Signaling Theory of Religion, 鈥淛ournal of the American Academy of Religion鈥� 2022, Vol. 90, Issue 3, September 2022

W stron臋 biopolitologii: perspektywa naturalistyczna w naukach o polityce, 鈥濩olloquium鈥� 2021, 2(42).

Perspektywy badawcze w politologii religii, 鈥淪tudia Religiologica鈥� 2019, t. 52, nr 4, s. 277鈥�291.

Political agency and violence: understanding the causes of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 鈥淩eligion, State and Society鈥� 2019, vol. 47, issue 3, s. 290鈥�306.

Religion in public life [w:] Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland, eds. K. Do艣pia艂-Borysiak, S. Ramet, K. Ringdal, CEU Press, Budapest鈥揘ew York 2019.

Shakers [in:] World Religions and Spirituality, ed. David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019.

Empowerment through religion: religion's survival strategies in democratic politics, 鈥淧rzegl膮d Politologiczny鈥� 2016, nr4, ss. 93鈥�105.

The Politics Of Schism. The Origins Of Dissent In Mormonism, 鈥淪tudia Religiologica鈥� 2016, nr 3, s. 203鈥�218.

A contemporary religious political movement: LDS Church鈥檚 nation-wide political campaigns, 鈥濧nnales UMCS. Sectio K; Politologia鈥� 2016, vol. 23, nr 1.

Idea ziemskiego zbawienia w wizjach 艂adu spo艂eczno-politycznego [w:] Ideologie, doktryny, ruchy spo艂eczne i polityczne. Wybrane problemy, red. M. Marczewska-Rytko, W. Zi臋tara, UMCS, Lublin 2015, s. 271鈥�280.

Czy wybory umo偶liwiaj膮 artykulacj臋 preferencji politycznych?, 鈥濻tudia Politologiczne鈥� 2015, vol. 37, s. 293鈥�311.

American Shakers 鈥� Dying Religion, Emerging Cultural Phenomenon, 鈥濻tudia Religiologica鈥� 2014, t. 47, nr 4, s. 307鈥�320.

Fikcje polityczne i legitymizacja w艂adzy w demokracji, 鈥濿roc艂awskie Studia Politologiczne鈥� 2014, t. 17, s. 36鈥�52.

Teologia teokracji. Religijna legitymizacja w艂adzy u ameryka艅skich purytan贸w i mormon贸w, 鈥濸rzegl膮d Religioznawczy鈥� 2013, nr 4, s. 51鈥�67.

Religious doctrine as a factor of stability of political systems. A study of two North American theocracies, 鈥淧olitics and Religion Journal鈥� 2013, vol. 7, no. 2, s. 413鈥�435.

Teokracje p贸艂nocnoameryka艅skie. Historia i wsp贸艂czesno艣膰, [w:] My艣l spo艂eczna wielkich religii 艣wiata, red. M. Marczewska-Rytko, E. Olszewski, Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin 2013, s. 275鈥�290.

Legitimation mechanisms as third-dimension power practices. The case of the Shakers, 鈥淛ournal of Political Power鈥� 2012, vol. 5, issue 3, s. 377鈥�409.

Disentangling Democracy [w:] European Culture in Diversity, eds. K. Kujawi艅ska-Courtney, M. 艁ukowska, E. Williams, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge 2011, s. 7-22.