Metamorphoses of Religion and Spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe

ISBN-13: 9781032197456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 278 str.

Slawomir H. Zaręba; Maria Sroczyńska; Roberto Cipriani

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Transmutation of Spiritual and Religious Mentality – Introduction  Part 1 The Metatoretical Dimension of Social and Religious Metamorphoses  1 Cultural Sociology of Religion in the Perspective of Comparative Religion  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  3 Spirituality vs. Religiosity as an Impetus to the Discussion on the Change Factors in the Contemporary Sociology of Religion  4 Modern Directions of Development of Religion and Spirituality – An Attempt at Systematisation  5 New Spirituality as a Social and Cultural Megatrend  6 Metamorphoses of Religiosity in Poland – Post-Modern Spirituality or Religious Morality?  7 "The Miracle of Mindfulness" – Between the Discovery of the Sacred in Everyday Life and Secularization of the Practice of Meditation  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  9 The Sacred and the Youth – Theoretical and Empirical Inspirations  10 The Spectre of Secularisation: Against Equating Church Indifference with Religious Indifference  11 Spiritual Values of University Students in Contemporary Ukrainian Society – A Sociological Discourse  12 Contemporary Religiosity in Practice – Experiencing Religion  13 Religious Experience as a Dimension of Religiosity – Polish Youth in the World of Experience  14 The Approach to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Poland in Light of Innovation and Religious Selectivity  15 From Orality to the Internet – Transformations of Religious Communication in the Polish Miracular Communities  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)  17 #Witchesofinstagram. How Does Social Media Spread Spirituality, Witchcraft, and Pagan Movements?