Attitudes Towards Marriage, Sexual Morality, and Parenthood of Individuals Associated with Shalom Centre in Mitunguu, Kenya

A Theological-Pastoral Perspective

Jacek Goleń

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II , Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-6936

Jan Kobak

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II , Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7983-8361

Małgorzata Szyszka

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II , Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-3821

Florence Kabala

Tangaza University College in Nairobi , Kenia
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0886-1882


Abstrakt

Attitudes to marriage, sexual morality, and parenthood are currently undergoing substantial cultural transformation, noticeable also in mission countries. For this reason, the Catholic Church has in recent years treated pastoral care of married couples and families as an urgent concern. The article presents results of empirical research conducted among a selected group of Catholics in Kenya as well as conclusions and postulates for Catholic formation and pastoral care of families. It indicates a need for education that would help individuals overcome unethical conjugal and familial attitudes. It also emphasizes the value of positive attitudes to parenthood present in African culture and accentuates clear progress in rejecting a conviction that marriage without children is pointless. The text points out urgent need for formative and pastoral work to eradicate corporal punishment of children and indicates challenges related to the education of women.

Słowa kluczowe:

marriage, sexual morality, spouses, parenthood, pastoral theology, pastoral care of the family, Catholic education, empirical theology

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2024-06-27


Goleń, J., Kobak, J., Szyszka, M., & Kabala, F. (2024). Attitudes Towards Marriage, Sexual Morality, and Parenthood of Individuals Associated with Shalom Centre in Mitunguu, Kenya. Verbum Vitae, 42(2), 431–451. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.16747

Jacek Goleń 
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

Jacek Goleń is an Associate Professor and Head of the Chair of the Pastoral Care of the Family in the Faculty of Theology at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-6936
Jan Kobak  jan.kobak@kul.pl
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

Jan Kobak is an Assistant Professor in the Chair of The Pastoral Care of the Family in the Faculty of Theology at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7983-8361
Małgorzata Szyszka 
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

Małgorzata Szyszka is a Research Associate in Chair of Social Theory and Sociology of Family in the Institute of Sociological Sciences, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-3821
Florence Kabala 
Tangaza University College in Nairobi

Florence Kabala is a Head of Moral Department at Tangaza University College in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

 

 

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0886-1882



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