Małżeństwo i rodzina w etyce religijnej świadków Jehowy
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2007
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Marriage and family in the religious ethics of Jehova's Witnesses
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The aim of this paper is to present a sociological analysis of roles, social positions
and family interactions as imposed by standards and principles used in families of the
religious organization called Jehovah's Witnesses. When analyzing religious morality
obligatory for Jehovah's Witnesses, we can see numerous connections between family
and God. Everything referring to family life should be an expression of love and respect
to God. If the principles given by God in the Bible are used for family life, it is possible to
enter into close spiritual relations with Him. Jehovah's Witnesses treat the Bible as a
source of standards and principles describing the model of marriage, regulating sexual
life, deciding about distribution of roles in family hierarchy, giving guidelines as to education
of children, as to divorces or legal separation. In the present world that accepts
new morality and rejects marriage as being time-worn, Jehovah's Witnesses stick to their
set of religious principles defining the form of family life. They are determined not to
submit to factors affecting transformation of marriage. They believe that it is possible to
create a happy family life even if the contemporary family model is in crisis.
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Roczniki Socjologii Rodziny, 2007, tom 18, s.109-129
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0867-2059