Słotwińska, Helena (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2004)
The article presents the notion of religious attitude and its development as well as a characteristics of a mature religious attitude. Taking into consideration the changing social-political attitudes causing significant transformations of the mentality and religiousness in young people, pointing to this problem seems to be very important. The shape of the young man’s religiousness is influenced both by internal and external factors. Among the external factors such ones are mentioned as: fast development of science and technology, unification of the outlook on the world, social and democratic changes, secularisation, changes in the living standard of the nation and particular individuals. Catechesis in its didactic-educational aspect constantly meets the needs of the catechised ones not only through transmission of the indispensable compendium of the religious knowledge, but also through forming proper religious attitudes, leading to true Christian maturity.
