Published: 2025-01-11

A Contribution to the Meta-analysis of Jerzy Pietrkiewicz’s Story of the Mariavites

Tomasz Dariusz Mames
Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5588

Review Essay

Abstract

The proposed study is an attempt at a methodological analysis of Jerzy Pietrkiewicz’s book Trzeci Adam. Opowieść o mariawitach, which is a Polish adaptation of The Third Adam from 1975. The analysis of the émigré writer’s work goes beyond the framework of a traditional review, making the Polish edition the starting point for describing a broader problem. It can be formulated as a general question: is J. Pietrkiewicz’s work a scholarly monograph on Archbishop Jan M. Michael Kowalski and the Mariavites?
The answer may raise other questions, namely those concerning the methodology adopted by the Author, the selection of sources and the criticism of the translation. The research procedure was derived from the hermeneutic method, supported by the historical-comparative method. The introduction to the subject constitutes the discussion of the Polish edition of the book. Attention is then given to the issues of the method adopted by the Author and its consequences. The issue of the recognition of this work as scholarly in academic and ecumenical circles is also addressed. The whole analysis concludes with a summary.

Keywords:

Jerzy Pietrkiewicz (1916–2007), English novel (20th century), Mariavitism, ecumenism, methodology, theology and belles-lettres

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Mames, T. D. (2025). A Contribution to the Meta-analysis of Jerzy Pietrkiewicz’s Story of the Mariavites: Review Essay. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 44(2), 105–130. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5588

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