Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie (Jan 2023)
Model i wzór osobowy księdza parafialnego w interpretacji socjologicznej i w wyobrażeniach katolików dorosłych w Polsce na przełomie XX i XXI wieku
Abstract
The presented article consists of two parts: theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part, the author shows two issues: the methodological assumptions of the research undertaken in the article and the sociological interpretation of the model and personal pattern of the priest on duty in a parish. In the empirical part, he shows and analyzes from a sociological point of view the ideas of adult Polish Catholics regarding the model and personal pattern of a priest working in a parish. In the empirical part, I show and analyze, from a sociological point of view, the ideas of adult Polish Catholics regarding the model and personal pattern of a priest working in a parish. In the imagination of Catholics, there are their attitudes and assessments, including the attitude of such priests to the model of a priest that is valid (functions) in the Roman Catholic Church. The basis for this analysis are the results of surveys carried out by sociologists in the past and present century in rural and urban parishes. These studies have shown that the community model and personal pattern of the priest serving in a parish postulated theological doctrine of the institutional Church. In many aspects it differs from the official model, which is indicated by the views of the surveyed adult Catholics directly regarding this model. This difference is confirmed by the results of the sociological research presented here. The attitudes and assessments of the surveyed adult Catholics regarding the model and personal pattern of the priest who serves in a parish were sometimes significantly by their personal and social characteristics and the parish environment (the type of parish – rural and urban), as well as the specificity of the local community. Positive and negative (critical) assessments of the respondents regarding the model of the priest serving in a parish were also closely related to their global attitude to faith in God and religious practices.
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