The Faces of Religiousness of Student Youth – the Analysis of Selected Components

Abstract

This article is an attempt to characterize selected dimensions of religiousness of student youth, based on the results of own research. The starting point was to define the terms “religion” and “student youth” and to describe the specifics of religiousness of adolescent people. Subsequently, the main assumptions of the research were presented. The essential part of the report is the analyses of empirical material – the characteristics of selected components of religious life of students (self-declaration of faith, religious practices, attitudes to faith and the Church, attitude towards people of other religious beliefs). At the end of the article, conclusions from the analyses were presented.