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Przemiany religijności romskiej w Polsce – analiza socjologiczna wybranych zagadnień
The transformation of Roma religiousness in Poland – a sociological analysis of selected questions

Author(s): Jarosław Charchuła
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie
Keywords: Roma; religiousness theories

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the question of transformations in Roma religiousness in Poland in the last decades. By means of the theoretical fundamentals of religion sociology, an attempt has been made to point out the most important types of definitions used by the social sciences, and to characterize the main concepts relating to religion itself, such as exemplified by the classics of the discipline. Additionally, an analysis of the characteristic changes in the structure of Roma society has been conducted. The aim of such considerations was to define the level of the Roma autonomy in relation to the going-on transformations within their whole society. As a result, the most important problems related to the topic have been pointed out, along with suggested solutions.

  • Issue Year: 4/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish, Romany