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Marriage versus Religious Freedom – Cultural and Legal Aspects of Marriage in Poland and Tanzania23 May 2025 | Room 116, Dewajtis 5, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Morning Session I | 9:45–11:15
Opening Remarks:
Rev. Prof. Waldemar Cisło, Dr. Hab., Director of the University Center for Religious Freedom Studies (UCBWR), UKSW

Presentations:

  • Rev. Dr. Jacek Górka (JUCo)
    Negotiating Religious Freedom: Tanzanian Family Traditions and Christian Values in Dialogue
  • Godfrey Gabriel Mwansoho, Senior Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania (Mzumbe University)
    Love and Happiness: Unique Features of Family Law in Tanzania

Morning Session II | 11:30–13:00

  • Fr. Godfrey Mwarumbe Wanyelo (UKSW)
    Catechesis and Family: Reconstructing the Catechumenate Amidst the “Disfigurement” of Marriage in Contemporary Practice
  • Fr. Kangpan Jonathan Malong (UKSW)
    A Spirituality for the Contemporary African Family
  • Elżbieta Wiejaczka, MA (Adam Mickiewicz University)
    Negotiating Gender Roles in Long-Term Relationships Between Maasai Men and White Women

Afternoon Session I | 13:15–14:45

  • Aneta Puławska, Advocate (University of Warsaw)
    Religious Freedom in Marriage: A Comparative Legal Perspective from Poland and Tanzania
  • Rev. Daniel Krzysztof Tomczak, MA Licentiate (Jagiellonian University)
    Canonical Marriage as an Expression of Human Freedom in Choosing a State of Life
  • Barbara Cichorska, MA Licentiate, Advocate (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków)
    Concordat Marriage: A Realization of Freedom of Conscience and Religion

Lunch Break

Afternoon Session II | 16:30–18:15

  • Dr. Maciej Andrzejewski (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków)
    The Right to Ecclesiastical Adjudication as an Expression of Religious Freedom
  • Fr. Dr. Marcel Mukadi (JUCo)
    Religious Freedom and African Marital Practices: A Christian Perspective on Polygamy in Traditional Religions and Today’s Challenges
  • Alimia Libela (JUCo)
    Marriage in Tanzania: Bridging Tradition and Modernity
  • Mgr Marta LeśniewiczEducation within the Family – the Family in Education
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