Seminare, 1986, Tom 8

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Przeglądaj Seminare, 1986, Tom 8 wg Autor "Mariański, Janusz"

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    Religijność młodzieży naszego czasu i środowiska
    Mariański, Janusz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 1986)
    The author considers the religiousness of Polish youth on two planes: that of the nation („the faith of the people”) and th at of everyday life („the religion of daily life”). He discusses and verifies in the light of sociological research the following three hypotheses: (a) despite the changes in its socio-cultural and political context, the religiousness of youth maintains a kind of continuity ‒ but only on the plane of the faith of the poople; (b) the religiousness of everdary life is undergoing visible changes in various directions and with varying intensity; the most pronounced tendency is towards loosening of the ties between religion and morality; (c) the distinct religious revival is caused by social rather than ecclesial (pastoral) facts. The general stability of religious belief and practice bears witness to the vitality of „the faith of the people”. The increase in positive attitudes towards religion at the turn of the decade varied with social group. Some research suggests that the changes in favour of the religious world view were stronger among young people from the lower socialcultural strata (working-class and peasant youth). The author puts forward the hypothesis that the rising tide of religiousness was due to social and psychological factors rather than pastoral ones and that if the latter are not strengthened in the next few years while the effect of the former wanes, an ebbmay come as rapidly as did the present surge.
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    Sens życia w świadomości młodzieży szkół średnich
    Mariański, Janusz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 1986)
    The sociological investigation of the question of sense of life does not compete with philosophical, theological or psychological approaches, but it broadens and supplements them by adding a social dimension. It searches for „surface structures” to match the psychological „deep structures”. When speaking of the sense of life we do not necessarily mean something individual even though in tho last instance the sense of life is a man’s personal problem rather than a social question. The sociologist concentrates on the sense or senselessness of life as socially conditioned problems of selected social groups or society as a whole. In tho present study the author concentrates on the sense of life as viewed by secondary school students in three Polish towns: Skarżysko-Kamienna, Sierpc and Zduńska Wola. The sociological research was carried out in 1984 and 1985. The problem is arranged in five points: (a) the sense of life within a sociological approach, (b) the sense of life in the opinion of the young, (c) the sense of life and one’s system of values, (d) the sense of life and religion, and (e) the sense of life and educational tasks. The parts of empirical research reported here show that a majority of secondary school pupils from medium-sized towns have an essentially positive attitude towards life. They think that the sense of life is worth reflecting upon and recognize the importance of such reflection. School pupils readily talk about their existential problems to their friends, but it is not their friends opinion that is decisivo. According to what tho subjects say, the parents, religious instruction and their own experiences have a more important effect than the peer group. Young people arc most frequently promptod to reflect on the senso of life by concrete situations, such as failure or other trouble at school or at home. Most strongly stressed among the valuos giving sense to life are goals associated with the sphere of private life (orientation towards the family and small groups). The values related to family life and people forming the „microenvironment” are not always understood egoistically; they do not always grow out of osenpism or consumption-oriented attitude. But they do testify a strongly marked presence of the existential and affiliative syndrome in a large number of school pupils. Religious values are strongly stressed. Religion plays an im portant part in giving subjective sense to human life. School pupils mostly express the view that faith makes life meaningful, although only for one-fifth of the subjects is the connection between sense of life and religion a necessary and exclusive one. What is appreciated in religion is its existential and moral values. Religion guides a man in his life, helps him to live well, teaches him to love and respect others, enables him to find purpose and sense in life. Less well pronounced is the vertical dimension of religion connected with direct contact between man and God. Faith is regarded not so much as a way to free oneself from existential fears th at arise from a sense of danger as a source of inspiration for action, for reflection and for new questions. The current changes in the way that the functions of religion are understood create a better chance for the manifestation of a more personal, profound and ethical religiousness that pervades people’s everyday lives. New prospects of an effective educational offensive are opening for the Christian message, which proclaims the whole truth about the deepest sense of human life.