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GERMAN SPIRITUALITY THROUGH THE EYES OF POLISH POSTWAR INTERPRETERS OF THE TOPIC

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Grott B.

Sprawy Narodowościowe

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2005

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nr 27

41-51

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This article deals with the issue of the spiritual roots of National Socialism in Germany. Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the study examines some views of Polish scholars Leon Halban and Bogdan Suchodolski, who authored several publications on this subject. Professor Leon Halban (whose works include 'Religia w Trzeciej Rzeszy' (Religion in the Third Reich), 1936; 'Problem kultury niemieckiej' (The Problem of German Culture), 1946; 'Religia starogermanska i jej aktualne znaczenie w Niemczech' (The Old German Religion and Its Current Significance in Germany), 1949), believed that the course of events in Germany was determined by a transformation of religious life in that country, which was connected with a crises within Christianity there. Professor Bogdan Suchodolski (author of 'Dusza niemiecka w swietle filozofii' (German Soul in the Light of Philosophy), 1945 and 1947) condemned all of German culture, which he evaluated through the prism of the philosophy of the German nation. In the opinion of the present author, the research undertaken by both scholars demands further investigation, as some of the issues which they discussed are still today of significance.

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Proces odovzdávania viery v súčasnej spoločnosti

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Kyselica J.

Studia theologica

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2006

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tom 8

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nr 4

66-82

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Passing on the faith is a pastoral priority in the majority of parishes and Christian communities in European countries. A crisis is strongly felt in this process of passing on the Christian heritage to the next generation. Biblical stories tell us about the beginning of a religious tradition which used the contemporary cultural background to communicate its message. Multiple changes in the postmodern society, on one hand, deepen the crisis of passing on the faith and, on the other hand, render a better communication possible. The better communication is visible on the side of the agents and listeners, and in the content as well. The process of passing on the faith has important features, in which laymen can make their own contribution to the depth and vitality of the message. Particular attention is paid to family, school, Christian communities and parish. Along with these places, one should also pay attention to means such as catechesis, liturgy, popular devotion and mass media, which seem to be the best ones suited for the objective. In spite of numerous and serious difficulties which we encounter in the process of handing over our faith, the Church will find the key to the new revival of its mission at the feet of its Lord and Master.

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SPIRITUAL, EXISTENTIAL OR BOTH? THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURE OF 'HIGHER' INTELLIGENCES (DISCUSSION)

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Halama P. , Strizenec M.

Studia Psychologica

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2004

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tom 46

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nr 3

239-253

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The paper deals with the nature of intelligence related to the existential and spiritual dimension of individuals. Authors' considerations are introduced by a review of approach to intelligence in the spiritual area postulated by H. Gardner who suggests it be included under the designation existential intelligence. They further outline relations between spirituality and thinking and review the most commonly known theories of spiritual intelligence. They also point out a lack of empirical investigation in this area and discuss possible measurements of spiritual intelligence through specific subscales of spirituality measures. To conceptualize existential intelligence, the authors start from existential thinking in psychology. As meaning in life is a central concept of existential psychology, they suggest that existential intelligence could be understood as an ability to find and realize adequate life meaning. In the conclusion, they argue for an understanding of spiritual and existential intelligence as non-identical, however, mutually related and overlapping constructs.

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REDEFINITION OF INDIANNESS BY THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT (Redefinicja 'indianskosci' przez ruch Nowej Ery)

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Chomczyk A.

Sprawy Narodowościowe

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2011

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nr 38

175-184

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The term New Age movement defines a heterogeneous, non-religious Western spiritual movement that emerged in the second part of the 20th century. It combines Euro-American spiritual heritage, widely understood Eastern philosophy, numerous native traditions, infusing this hybrid with elements of psychology, healthy lifestyle, as well as quantum physics. Because New Age spirituality is practiced occasionally on commercially held workshops, those kinds of seminars have soon become a lucrative business for its teachers and coordinators. The objective of the article is to follow the general history of New Age in the context of native Americans, provide its characteristics, and investigate the 'native American' threads within the New Age movement both in the United States and in Poland. The author focuses on the ethical aspects of commercial exploitation of native American heritage, examines native Americans' stand related to the misappropriations of their spiritual legacy for commercial purposes, as well as actions they take in order to restrict this procedure.

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LITTLE SISTERS OF JESUS AMONG THE ROMA (RESEARCH SUMMARY) (Male Siostry Jezusa wsrod Romow (podsumowanie badan))

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Gancarz N.

Studia Romologica

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2011

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tom 4

109-124

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(Title in Roma language: E 'Jezunesqere Tikne Phenorra' aj o Rroma (rodlarimatenqero kidipen)). The text is a summary of a research conducted in 2007-2008 in a Little Sisters of Jesus community in Slovakia. The author characterizes the institution of Little Sisters of Jesus, along with their ideology, analyses the character of their work among Slovak Roma in Brezno, and interprets data collected during field research, based on prior theoretical assumptions.

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Lidová náboženská četba na prahu 21. století

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Nespor Z. R.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2008

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tom 95

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nr 3

225-249

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The Czech spiritual market is today as developed as that of western European countries. De-traditionalised and individualised holistic milieu has created a demand for spiritual literature and magazines as well as other marketable goods ('magic' stones, amulets, horoscopes, natural drugs etc.). This paper attempts to analyse the character and sources of contemporary best selling spiritual literature and its readership in the Czech Republic. It also provides a case study of a Prague spiritual bookshop and its comparison with five other Czech spiritual outlets (including an Internet outlet). The results clearly show that marketing spirituality has become a mainstream phenomenon with regard to all gender, age and class categories, although there was found to be an over presence of older middle-aged women among the buyers. There is emphasized 'churchless' and 'nonreligious' character of the buyers and the best selling books, that include predominantly those referring to 'modern' and 'esoteric' western or 'ethnic' spiritualities. The supply side comprises both special and general publishers, the former having been more successful in specialised bookshops and spiritual outlets and the latter in addressing the wider population (including via the Internet).

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TEORIE SOCIÁLNÍCH POLÍ P. BOURDIEUHO – INSPIRACE PRO IDENTIFIKACI PODOBNÝCH FENOMÉNŮ

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Mišovič J.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2023

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tom 55

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nr 3

320 – 340

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One of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century prepared methodological and theoretical approaches that can also be used to identify related phenomena such as religion and spirituality. The theory is based on the two-way relationship between the social field and the habitus. The field represents the place of creation of values, application of capital, distribution of power. The field of cultural production with large-scale and restricted production is a tool for identifying the distinction between the two phenomena. Spiritually oriented people benefit from their personal experience in acquiring spirituality, and religiously oriented people rely on church institutions.

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EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO SPIRITUALITY

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Strizenec M.

Studia Psychologica

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2004

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tom 46

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nr 2

173-177

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The basic premise for improving the instruments used in investigating spirituality lies in its definition and particularly its relation to religiosity. Following a concise overview of the scales used thus far, we present the results of a preliminary verification of D.A. MacDonald's ESI scale.

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MRAVNOSŤ AKO ATRIBÚT UTVÁRANIA DUCHOVNOSTI V TVORBE JOZEFA GREGORA TAJOVSKÉHO (NA PRÍKLADE POVIEDKY „HLUCHÁŇ“, 1919)

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Barnišinová L.

Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)

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2021

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tom 68

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nr 1

53 – 62

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The paper analyses presence of spirituality in a so-called legionary short story by Jozef Gregor Tajovský (1874 – 1940) “Hlucháň”/“The Muffled” from the collection of proses Na vojne (At War, 1919). The interpretation is based on the theorem that Marcela Mikulová formulated about the main character as a modern-day saint and Ivica Hajdučeková´s thesis about the prayer as a „spiritualem“ reaching as far as the implicit level of the literary text and labelling the main character with the attribute „apostolizing“. Using „vertical“ characteristics, Tajovský depicted the central character of the short story as a spiritually strong person, for whom belief in God is an essential attribute of living, thinking and doing. As religiosity and spirituality were in harmony in his life, being religious became the fundamental categorical imperative. Dynamics of love and courage to spread the word of God shifted him from the periphery to the centre of the situation, which made him an example to follow. In line with this, he developed the attributes of the apostle prototype, which was due to his personal dialogue with God elevated to the character of „homo religiosus“. Tajovský used the contrastive principle of the high and low as an active ingredient, which affected the inner level of the text. The outcome was a paradox which became the writer´s tool for penetrating deeper into the inner worlds of the characters.

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SPIRITUALITY: ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONALIZATION VIA MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: A CZECH PERSPECTIVE

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Rican P. , Janosova P.

Studia Psychologica

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2005

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tom 47

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nr 2

157-165

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After a brief history of the concept of spirituality in psychology and of its operationalization, the authors present their own apprehension and their own new method called Prague Spirituality Questionnaire, designed with respect to the specific spiritual landscape of the Czech Republic. Data from 410 subjects, mostly college students, were collected and analyzed. Factor analysis with oblique rotation yielded three factors meaningfully related to those of other researchers but adding new dimensions accounting for aspects of spirituality not included by earlier studies, namely, Eco-Spirituality and Moral Involvement. Results are discussed in the context of recent research. Directions for future studies in the field are suggested.

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PERSONALITY-STRUCTURAL CORRELATES OF COGNITIVE ORIENTATION TO SPIRITUALITY

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Adamovova L. , Strizenec M.

Studia Psychologica

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2004

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tom 46

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nr 4

317-325

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On the basis of existing notions regarding the personality-religiosity relationship, and using the ESI scales and the NEO PI-R inventory, we investigated, on a sample of 116 persons (mean age 22 years) of a low, average and high cognitive orientation to spirituality, how they differ in self-rating of personality. We found that this orientation is positively associated with warmth from Extraversion, with Openness towards experience, and the majority of facets of Agreeableness. The discussion bears on the functions of gender differences in personality in the relation between personality traits and spirituality, as also on the relation between spirituality and mental health.

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Religia – religijność – duchowość. Przemiany zjawiska i ewolucja pojęcia

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Motak D.

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tom 43

201-218

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An effect of the revision of the secularisation thesis is an array of conceptions attempting to capture the essence of the modern transformations of religions and the shape of non-traditional forms of religiosity. The concept of '(new) spirituality', which is supposed to signal a new religious megatrend, today aspires to the role of 'universal key' to contemporary analysis of religion. The aim of this article is to attempt to clarify the meaning of this term by reconstructing the origins of spirituality - the phenomenon itself as well as the term used to describe it. The concepts used to describe this subject are ordered in the sequence religion - religiosity - spirituality, which also corresponds to the direction of religious transformations in the West. The course of these changes is presented in a three-phase model of the origins of new spirituality based on the metaphor of change of the concentration of religious material: from the solid body, via fluid form to a gaseous state. This model is diachronic in character, but is also a reflection of synchronic order (the spectrum whose poles correspond to traditional religion and new spirituality).

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Byt i niebyt. Wokółparmenidesowe rozmyślania ontologiczne

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Lipiec J.

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tom 43

219-229

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Starting from the judgement of Parmenides that there is existence but non-existence is not, the author discusses the issues of existence in Parmenides. This subject is examined not only as an ontological problem (what is existence per se), but also as an epistemological problem. Using Parmenides' thesis of the cognisability of 'non-existence', the author considers the problem of the legitimacy of the concept of 'non-existence' (how is it possible to perceive something which is not there), making use of the conception of modi existentiae (real existence, intentional existence). The problem of the complexity and simplicity of existence is also considered. Alongside the perception of existence as that which is absolutely simple, he also considers as possible the equally gentle, emergent and organicistic interpretation of the conception of existence according to Parmenides. At the same time, the contemplations in the article aim to show in what way the problem of existence as formulated by Parmenides has for centuries inspired philosophy and continues to do so.

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EVEN THE INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY EVOLVES PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

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Strizenec M.

Studia Psychologica

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2007

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tom 49

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nr 2

177-190

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The author has dealt with this problematic since 1990. Beside a few survey and the synthetic works based on foreign literature (i.e., on religiosity, spirituality, spiritual intelligence, fundamentalism and the concept of God), the empirical research was performed about the application of the foreign scales and questionnaires, the meaning of life, relation between personality and fundamentalism, personality and spirituality, and concept of a personal God, etc.

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IS RELIGION INDEPENDENT OF STUDENTS’ APPROACHES TO LEARNING?

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Muñoz-García A.

Studia Psychologica

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2013

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tom 55

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nr 3

215 – 220

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In the advancement of our understanding of the nature and development of student learning, learning approaches (LA) take centre stage, usually differentiated (Biggs, 2001) as Surface (SA), Deep (DA) and Achieving (AA). These styles are conditioned by aspects of the context and the student, but religion has not been studied. This study was designed ex post facto using correlation, discrimination and regression analysis, and its results indicated an association between religion and LA. DA was associated with an experience of and interest in spirituality. However, SA and AA were related to measurements of religious orientation and beliefs. Existential wellbeing was inversely related to deep approaches and positively to surface and achieving approaches. Religion showed a limited capacity to discriminate among different LAs.

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Srdce jako střed lidského života u Teofana Zatvornika: Návaznost na řecké otce

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Otýpková P.

Studia theologica

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2005

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tom 7

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nr 2

57-69

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The aim of the article is to deal with heart as the centre of human life in the theology of Theophan the Recluse and to find how he followed the Fathers. A short biography of Theophan the Recluse follows the interpretation of the heart by the authors, who have been studying the life and work of Theophan. The authors look at the heart as the centre of human life, but more often as a place of spiritual fight and meeting with God. The point of view of the Greek fathers, i. e. heart as the centre of human existence, and the classification of sentiments of heart by Theophan, as a result of the relationship between heart and body-soul-spirit, present heart as the centre of a person. The comparison of some passages from the Fathers (Macarius and Hesychius) with the texts of Theophan shows that heart is the centre of a person, and is mainly a place of spiritual fight. At the end, we ask about the reason of Theophan's interest in the Fathers. The answer is the struggle for the return of man and all of Russia, divided in those times by the influence of intellectuals from West Europe, to its original organic unity and integrity.

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Materialism Versus Spirituality: Neo-Vedanta Approach of Synthesis

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Kumar Gupta A.

IDEA. Studia nad strukturą i rozwojem pojęć filozoficznych

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2012

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tom 24

305-314

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In this article I will try to expound and examine the debate of materialism and spiritualism in the context of two cultures: Western and Eastern respectively. It was Vivekananda, a neo or practical vedantin, who attached two isms with two cultures. Western society has excelled in the ‘art of matter’ and focused all their attention on it. The opposite is true of the eastern world. Ignoring the material aspect of life, they have spent their energy on learning the ‘art of soul’. These two societies have remained ignorant of other aspects of life. The result is a paralyzed growth of the human world. This is visible in the process of globalization as well. In the present world, we are following utter materialism in the name of globalization, which results in consumerism. Here, I wish to mention the solution prescribed by Vivekananda. In his view, the remedy lies in the synthesis of ‘spirit’ and ‘matter’. For both these cultures, oriental and occidental should come together and learn the missing part from each other. Westerners should learn from eastern people about spirituality, whereas the ‘art of matter’ should be learnt under the guidance of westerners. When ‘matter’ and ‘spirit’ go together, a new life will emerge on earth and only such world will be a real ‘global village’.

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Spirituality of the Czech university students -a factor analysis pilot study

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Rican P. , Janosová P.

Československá psychologie (Czechoslovak Psychology)

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2004

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tom 48

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nr 2

97-106

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An original scale of spirituality was constructed and verified on a sample of 108 Prague students of human sciences and technical universities. Factor analysis of 30 items indicates the existence of three factors. 'Pagan eco-spirituality' includes spiritual experiences in relation to earth, amazement with elements of nature and experience of connectedness with past and future generations. 'Belonging' refers to the experience of harmony of souls with close people, emotional closeness, respect towards and responsibility for people as well as for natural entities. A factor interpretable as 'transcendental mysticism' concerns experience of 'highest reality', catharsis from inner impurity, endless awe, deeper understanding of the world's substance and sense of integration with all life. All three aspects of spirituality bear on historical religious systems and trends, in the framework of which they have always existed. Theoretical base and results of the investigation are discussed in relation to Hood's Scale of Mysticism, Spiritual Transcendence Scale of Piedmont, Expressions of Spirituality Inventory of MacDonald, Index of Core Spiritual Experiences of Kass, Friedman et al., and other scales of spirituality (Reker, Moberg).

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Duchowość jako kategoria analizy kulturoznawczej

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Skowronek K. , Pasek Z.

Prace Kulturoznawcze

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2011

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tom 12

69-83

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The main purpose of the article is an attempt to demonstrate that spirituality can become one of the more important terms defining culture. We indicate that the so-called new spirituality is a useful term explaining many phenomena in modern culture. We present various contexts and uses of both lexemes, both in the humanities and in social sciences, as well as in non-religious and non-academic contexts. In our approach spirituality is a term of universal and suprareligious nature. It defines human striving for transgression — in and outside religion — both in the social and in the individual dimension, striving in the name of values considered by an individual as higher, positive, good. New spirituality is defined here as related to today’s mediatised and technicised Western culture. It is strongly individual and does not require any institution as its environment. It denotes an area of human life where human beings concentrate on working on their consciousness in cooperation with their corporeality.

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MALADAPTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS, RELIGIOSITY AND SPIRITUALITY AS PREDICTORS OF EPISTEMICALLY UNFOUNDED BELIEFS

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Teličák P. , Halama P.

Studia Psychologica

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2021

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tom 63

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nr 2

175 – 189

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The present research focuses on the question whether spirituality, religiosity and maladaptive personality traits, as measured by the PID-5 (antagonism, psychoticism, disinhibition, negative affectivity, detachment), predict epistemologically unfounded beliefs (conspiracies, pseudo-science and paranormal beliefs). The sample included 829 participants recruited through social networks (58% women, mean age 29.98 years). The results showed that especially psychoticism is a positive predictor of all types of epistemologically unfounded beliefs (EUB). Spirituality and religiosity predicted only paranormal beliefs with very small effect size. No interaction between psychoticism and spirituality/religiosity in prediction of EUB was found. Results confirmed that some maladaptive personality traits (especially psychoticism) can play a significant role in EUB and should be taken into account when considering sources of EUB at the individual level.