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In a Culture of Freedom and Consumption: The Role of Contemporary Christian Education in Overcoming the Crisis of Values

Summary/Abstract: The study addresses the problem of experiencing values and the role of Christian education in overcoming the contemporary crisis of values in terms of materialism and problems related to the value of freedom. The main subject of research was the role of Christian education in overcoming the problems of the crisis of values. The main aim of the study was to define the role of Christian education in overcoming conflicts of values associated with materialism and freedom. Attempts have been made to answer the following question: to what extent (and how) does the Church support individuals in reflections upon their own materialism and their attempts to overcome it? The auxiliary aim was to investigate what experience of value have surveyed students. The initial study took the form of a short survey in which students of the Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow were asked about their experience of values. The second stage of the research was carried out using the focus group method, involving two groups of pedagogy students.The research allowed four dimensions of experiencing values to be distinguished, identifying the most important values according to female students in contemporary Christian education and defining the role of Christian education in overcoming the problems of materialism and the realization of freedom, both the positive and negative aspects of it. The most important postulates concerning supporting young people in experiencing and choosing values apply changes in priests’ communication and attitude towards persons, changes in educational goals in the area of preparing young people for axionormative experiences and initiating activities in various forms of experiencing values.

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