The Use of Discursive Interviews and Life Stories (Autobiographies) In the Methodology of Researching Seigneurial Religiosity

Abstract

The aim of this text is an attempt to develop the research tools known from the classic methodological findings of Władysław Piwowarski (parameters of religiosity) and to adjust them to qualitative methods of analysis. It is necessary to combine several theoretical and methodological perspectives here. Taking into account the specific features of senior religiosity, the implication of such solutions will allow for the deepening and real reflection of the specificity of religiosity of this community as well as regarding the experience of elderly people and the influence of contamination of that time on declarations of faith and the definition of self-religiosity. The concepts of an interview, a research situation and the concept of autobiographical narratives are strongly emphasized in the methodological literature, therefore it may be tempting to introduce these solutions in future analyzes and research projects.

Keywords

• religiosity
• seniors
• methodology of socio-religious research
• senior religiosity
• władysław piwowarski