Przemiany w świadomości religijnej polskiej młodzieży

Abstract

Paralell to socio-political changes, structural transformations currently taking place in Poland are causing rapid re-evaluation in the area of the individual’s culture and awareness. They affect the condition and functioning of the Polish family and thus they may influence the processes of intergenerational transfer of cultural tradition which constitute an essential factor in maintaining the society’s cultural identity. Contemporary changes may also adversely affect the transfer of religiousness across generations. Family, which has so far been a strong agent in the process of transferring religious values, is now exposed to the action of other processes, inter alia an increasing spontaneous secularization. The purpose of the present paper is an attempt to demonstrate the prominent role of family against the background of socio-cultural and socio-moral changes occurring in the Polish society. Moreover, the idea is to show the fundamental role of family as a space of religious upbringing against the backdrop of transformations in the Polish youth’s identity during the time of the crisis of traditional values.