Ideologies determining the functioning of marriage 
 and family in Poland Cover Image

Ideologies determining the functioning of marriage and family in Poland
Ideologies determining the functioning of marriage and family in Poland

Author(s): Mariola Świderska
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: family; marriage; Catholic and secular model

Summary/Abstract: The essence of the marriage have recently been import_ed into the bundle of rights conferring sexual powers to partners and ensuring the “integrity” of the childs parentage. Currently accepted yet other types of compounds, called marriage, which scope and rank are determined by the type of culture. In the publication, after signaled the essence of marriage, its forms and typologies, two major ideologies of marriage and the family were brought closer, affecting the functioning of the marriage and the family in Poland: a model of Catholic and secular. Over the past few years, we can see a distinct change in thinking about the family life of man, and the transformation of the current model of the family is leading her inexorably towards life at the level of the partnership, ensuring husband and wife equal status, co-deciding matters of family or household affairs.

  • Issue Year: 3/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 45-55
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English