CONTENTS:
Introduction
I. MEANING OF THE FAMILY
Magdalena BUTRYMOWICZ
What a family really is? The question about the legal definitione of a family. The UK case study example
Magdalena BUTRYMOWICZ, Piotr KROCZEK
Survival rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Andrzej ZWOLIŃSKI
The Christian call for building unity
Ireneusz STOLARCZYK
The endangered unity of the family in the context of contemporary social changes
II. CHALLENGES FACED BY THE FAMILY
Birute BRILIUTE
Global overpopulation and Catholic family ecology. An investigation into Pope Francis’ call for a human ecology, change of culture and how it is linked to the Catholic teaching on family, sex and abortion: cross‑examination of Laudato Si’ and Amoris Laetitia
Birutė OBELENIENĖ, Andrius NARBEKOVAS
Human dignity as a universal moral dimension of the preparation of youth for marriage and family life
Józef STALA
Discovery, acceptance and realization of Christian love as the foundation for engaged couples’ formation
Tanja PATE, Miha PATE
Family hardiness, anxiety, and subjective well‑being in families with and without a chronic illness
Tanja REPIČ SLAVIČ
Sexual abuse in childhood and the unconscious repetition of pain in couple relationships
III. FAMILY COMMUNICATION
Teresa OLEARCZYK
A person – a creature that listens and is listened to. The anthropological aspect of quiet and silence
Stanko GERJOLJ
Joseph of Egypt: from a conflict maker to a conflict manager in the family
Gerhard BÜTTNER
Family communication and images of God in children’s literature
Nadia DELICATA
The family and the dominant technocratic paradigm: challenges in the digital culture
Erika PRIJATELJ
iPhone family v. traditional family. The impact of technology on personal growth and interaction within the family
IV. FAMILY PEDAGOGY
Patricia KIERAN
A revolution in family life: the challenge for faith formation and family ministry in Ireland
Bogusław SYPIEŃ
The family communio personarum in the context of human subjectivity
Elżbieta OSEWSKA
Value education in the Polish family
Viktória ŠOLTÉSOVÁ
Education, religious education and religiosity of Roma children in Slovakia