Between institutional ritualism and individual search$bOn dimensions of Polish religiosity
In this article, an attempt was made to show the chosen aspects of the Polish religiosity, which in superficial examination seems durable and quite stable, especially regarding the self-declaration of faith, affiliation to the Church and rites of passage, making Poland it a certain phenomenon in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Maringá
[2017]
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Revista Brasileira de História das Religiões
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 28, Pages: 125-141 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Religiosity
/ Catholicism
/ Ritual
/ Religious identity
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KBK Europe (East) KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | In this article, an attempt was made to show the chosen aspects of the Polish religiosity, which in superficial examination seems durable and quite stable, especially regarding the self-declaration of faith, affiliation to the Church and rites of passage, making Poland it a certain phenomenon in the view of secularized Europe. However, this stability of the native religiosity appears to be somewhat illusory, since we can also notice a selective and eclectic attitude of Poles towards the religious sphere. The emerging secularization tendencies force the Polish Catholic Church to take new initiatives, like, for example, meetings of young people in Lednica, which correspond to contemporary pop culture performances consolidating emotions. The question is to what extent such initiatives, referring to pop culture, may revive nowadays the religious commitment of Poles |
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| ISSN: | 1983-2850 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revista Brasileira de História das Religiões
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4025/rbhranpuh.v10i28.34680 |