Religijność w perspektywie psychologicznej

Religion is an integral part of the human culture. Depending on philosophical, outlook, theological concepts, there are many of its definitions. The interest of psychology is concentrated on subjective understanding of religion and religiousness. The article analyzes the issues mentioned above from humanistic and existential’s achievements perspective. Distinguishing of religiousness described as an attitude and as a relationship reveals different aspects of its functioning in human personality. A religion`s influence on personality depends on a kind of religiousness and a place, which are given to the human structure. Religiousness provides human`s life with meaning, values, sense of security, identifies with society and plays therapeutic functions. Pointing these functions out shows a positive role that is played by religiousness in every man’s life.