Conversations with God

Ewa Golachowska is a linguist and Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include sociolinguistics and the relations among religion, languages and identity. She is the author of numerous sociolinguistic articles.

• Linguistic problems of the Catholic Church in Belarus in the twentieth century in secondary sources – Functioning of Polish in Catholic Communities in Belarus – Symbolic importance of Belarusian – Multilingualism in the sacred sphere – Languages in the sacred sphere and their communicative function – Changes since the Second Vatican Council – Polish and Belarusian in the practice of the Catholic Church in Belarus in the twenty-first century – Language of catechesis – Language of sermons – Language of the liturgy – Language of prayer – National identity of Catholics in Belarus at the beginning of the twenty-first century