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Badania nad religijnością ludową w Katedrze Religiologii i Misjologii KUL
Research on Folk Religiosity in the Department of Religious Studies and Missiology KUL

Author(s): Zdzisław Kupisiński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Department of Religious Studies and Missiology of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; folk religiosity; folk customs and rituals; annual rituals and rites of passage

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the historical activity, specificity and thematic scope of research conducted by faculty members and students, with particular focus on postdoctoral (habilitation), doctoral and master theses that were written on the subject of folk religiosity at the Department of Religious Studies and Missiology of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In order to explain their methodology and the method of analysis of the collected source material deriving from ethnographic field studies into social and spiritual folk culture, the article presents the main themes of the examined annual rituals (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter) and the rites of passage (wedding, funeral). Many articles on folk rituals and religiosity have been published in journals and scientific monographs.

  • Issue Year: 65/2018
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 131-147
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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