Zanik sacrum we współczesnym świecie jako problem pastoralny

Abstract

Decline of sacrum in the contemporary world is a phenomenon that is universally noticed It belongs to the most important pastoral problems that the Church faces. After explaining some notions connected with the problem of sacrum, the article focuses on the way it is understood in Judaism and Christianity, stressing the profound respect to it. In the meantime, however, nowadays sacrum is being eliminated not only from religious life, but from other domains of human life as well. Special attention is paid in the article to some of the distressing phenomena, and in connection with them an outline of pastoral strategy is drawn.