1st Edition

Metamorphoses of Religion and Spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe

290 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a range of contemporary sociological reflections on new manifestations of religion, religiosity, and spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that has seen significant social and political transformation. It explores the development of cultural and religious trends, including secularisation, new spiritualit,y and a resurgence of religiosity outside of traditional... Read more

Transmutation of Spiritual and Religious Mentality – Introduction

Sławomir H. Zaręba, Maria Sroczyńska, Roberto Cipriani, Marcin Choczyński, and Wojciech Klimski

Part 1 The Metatoretical Dimension of Social and Religious Metamorphoses

1 Cultural Sociology of Religion in the Perspective of Comparative Religion

Andrzej Wójtowicz

2 The Concept of Public Religion in the Context of the Development of the Sociology of Religion – The Perspective of the Central and Eastern Europe

Irena Borowik

3 Spirituality vs. Religiosity as an Impetus to the Discussion on the Change Factors in the Contemporary Sociology of Religion

Sławomir H. Zaręba

4 Modern Directions of Development of Religion and Spirituality – An Attempt at Systematisation

Agnieszka Zduniak

5 New Spirituality as a Social and Cultural Megatrend

Janusz Mariański

6 Metamorphoses of Religiosity in Poland – Post-Modern Spirituality or Religious Morality?

Halina Mielicka-Pawłowska

7 "The Miracle of Mindfulness" – Between the Discovery of the Sacred in Everyday Life and Secularization of the Practice of Meditation

Andrzej Kasperek

Part 2 Transformations of Religiosity and Spirituality in the Society at Risk – An Attempt at Diagnosis

8 Religiosity of the Polish Intelligentsia at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Wojciech Klimski

9 The Sacred and the Youth – Theoretical and Empirical Inspirations

Maria Sroczyńska

10 The Spectre of Secularisation: Against Equating Church Indifference with Religious Indifference

Egon Spiegel

11 Spiritual Values of University Students in Contemporary Ukrainian Society – A Sociological Discourse

Yuriy Pachkovskyy

12 Contemporary Religiosity in Practice – Experiencing Religion

Stella Grotowska

13 Religious Experience as a Dimension of Religiosity – Polish Youth in the World of Experience

Remigiusz Szauer

14 The Approach to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Poland in Light of Innovation and Religious Selectivity

Marcin Choczyński

15 From Orality to the Internet – Transformations of Religious Communication in the Polish Miracular Communities

Maciej Krzywosz

16 A Scapegoat or a Modern Devil? The Analysis of the Catholic Press Discourse on "Gender" and "Genderists" (on the Examples of "Niedziela" and "Tygodnik Powszechny" Weeklies)

Barbara Ober-Domagalska

17 #Witchesofinstagram. How Does Social Media Spread Spirituality, Witchcraft, and Pagan Movements?

Marta R. Jabłońska

Biography

Sławomir H. Zaręba is a professor and head of the Department of Sociology of Religion at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland.

Maria Sroczyńska is an associate professor in the Institute of Sociological Sciences at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland.

Roberto Cipriani is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Marcin Choczyński is an assistant professor in the Institute of Sociological Sciences at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland.

Wojciech Klimski is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology of Religion at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland.