Zaufanie i nieufność dorosłych katolików do Kościoła instytucjonalnego w Polsce. Na podstawie wyników badań socjologicznych z przełomu XX i XXI wieku

Abstract

This article presents and analyzes the trust and distrust of adult Catholics in the institutional Church in Poland. The basis for this analysis are the results of sociological research and public opinion polls carried out in the second half of the 20th century and in both decades of the 21st century. A detailed presentation of this research and a sociological analysis of its results are the appropriate method of writing this article. The research problem here is a general question: Did adult Catholics in Poland, and to what extent, declare their trust in the institutional Church and its religious and social activity during the turn old the century, and what percentage of these Catholics declared distrust of the Church and its activity in the century? Sociological research and social surveys showed that the majority of adult Polish Catholics trusted the institutional Church and accepted its religious and social activity during this period. On the other hand, these studies also revealed a decrease in the 21st century, in relations to the 20th century, in the percentage of adult Catholics who so far trusted the institutional Church, and at the same time indicated a significant increase in the percentage of adult Catholics who declared distrust of the Church and they accepted his religious and social activity.

Keywords

• adult Catholics
• distrust
• institutional Church
• trust
• turn of the 20th and 21st centuries