BELIEFS AND PARARELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN THE PERCEPTION OF A FAMILY WITH A DISABLED PERSON  Cover Image

Wierzenia i praktyki parareligijne w percepcji rodziny z osobą niepełnosprawną
BELIEFS AND PARARELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN THE PERCEPTION OF A FAMILY WITH A DISABLED PERSON

Author(s): Witold Janocha
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: FAMILY; DISABILITY; BELIEFS; PARARELIGION

Summary/Abstract: Both all-Poland research and research conducted by the author shows that despite the great interest in parareligion only few respondents believe in its efficiency. This lack of faith is especially clearly seen in disabled persons, and this is probably because many such persons have already looked for help in unconventional kinds of treatment and after they were disappointed they are convinced that such methods do not give good results. This kind of research should be especially widely popularized, as there are still many people who resort to unconventional methods of treatment in their difficult moments; indeed some of them abandon scientific methods altogether, which, in turn, may be tantamount to rejecting the only chance for being cured.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4 (59)
  • Page Range: 51-66
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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