Sociological approach to the phenomenon of religion, religiosity and spirituality Cover Image

Socjologiczne ujęcie zjawiska religii, religijności, duchowości i nowej duchowości
Sociological approach to the phenomenon of religion, religiosity and spirituality

Author(s): Józef Baniak
Subject(s): Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: religion; religiosity; types and forms religiosity; spirituality; religious spirituality;

Summary/Abstract: In this article I present the following three issues: (1) religion – its essence and functions; (2) religiosity – its definitions, parameters and indicators, forms and types, social dimension of religiosity, cultural religiosity, new religiosity; (3) spirituality and religious spirituality. The basis of this article are the references, terms, points of view and reflections of many religious sociologists on all the phenomena included here: religion, religiosity, spirituality and new (religious) spirituality.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 2 (18)
  • Page Range: 54-110
  • Page Count: 57
  • Language: Polish