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The Spirituality of Prisoners
The Spirituality of Prisoners

Author(s): Bartłomiej Skowroński, Domżalska Aneta
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Criminology, Penology
Published by: Fundacja Pedagogium
Keywords: polish prisoners; spirituality of prisoners; religiousness of prisoners

Summary/Abstract: Showing the specificity of the spiritual life of persons serving a penalty of imprisonment was a purpose of research. Analysis of findings confirmed that persons serving a penalty of imprisonment were characterized significantly more limited spiritual life, than the control group, consisted persons with no criminal record. And so sentenced persons in the significantly shorter rank are expanding the own awareness, more rarely seek the meaning of surrounding reality, are drawing fewer spiritual experiences indeed from doing good, are less sensitive for the art, are also less sensitive to the outside and internal beauty which are connected with moral elections.

  • Issue Year: 13/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-104
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish