Religiousness as the criterion of the quality of the engagement period and marriage Cover Image

Religijność jako kryterium jakości narzeczeństwa i małżeństwa
Religiousness as the criterion of the quality of the engagement period and marriage

Author(s): Sławomir Bukalski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: engagement period; interpersonal communication; love in the engagement period and marriage; marriage; quality of marital relationship; theory of the quality of marital relationship

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the issue of the religiousness of nupturients and married couple perceived as the criterion of the quality of the engagement period and marriage. The first part of the article presents the criteria of mature religiousness. Only such religiousness may be connected with shaping the overall quality of people’s life and the quality of living in marital relationship. The second part of the article relates to the theory of the quality of marital relationship by Graham Spanier and Robert Lewis. Their model seems to be the widest-ranging in terms of the meaning of the issue in question, namely the quality of marital relationship. The third part of the article presents the connection between religiousness and the overall quality of marriage with interpersonal communication and the understanding of love.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 247-262
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish