The opinions of the high school graduates from Podlaskie Voivodeship on the Roman Catholic & Orthodox Institutional Churches. A comparative analysis

Wiesław Romanowicz

Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej, Instytut Socjologii
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-4560

Abstract

The article depicts the attitude of high school graduates (from Middle-East Poland) towards church institution. Author analyses gathered research material in the view of following indices: degree of church and clergy trust, clergy authority, level of needs meeting as well as the attitude to tradition. It has been showed that religiousness of high school graduates had been formed by the church, but at the same time respondents are looking for newest, more adequate forms of meeting religious needs.

Keywords:

youngsters, borderland, religion