Background

This article is focused on social activity of Polish migrants in the Republic of Ireland in the context of change in their religiosity after coming to Ireland.

Purpose

This research applies statistical methods to the study of the impact of change in religiosity going beyond answering the question of whether migration is a disruptive event that either alienates immigrants from religious practices or, instead, ‘theologizes’ them.

Methods

It statistically verifies the correlation between social activity and change in religiosity and linear regression models of Polish migrants in Ireland and presents the results of a survey on Polish migrants in Ireland based on Respondent-Driven Sampling conducted in 2018 and 2019 (n = 520).

Results

The results highlight that the process of change in religiosity has two different patterns. The first one concerns both migrants who declare ‘no degree of religious change’ in themselves and these who affirm ‘a decline’ in their religious attitudes. The second mode of religious change concerns a minority of Polish migrants who declare themselves to have experienced a religious revival in Ireland. This group who feel themselves to have undergone a religious revival is socially active and participates in local activities in Ireland. The linear regression analysis demonstrates that a statistically significant relationship exists between social activity and especially prayer when controlling for demographic characteristics.

Conclusions and Implications

Migration not only deconstructs religiosity but, for the group of Polish migrants studied, it was accompanied by religious renewal and social activism. Statistical methods should take into account the fact that religiosity is not a deterministic characteristic of individuals but rather as pertaining to the individual’s independent properties and capable of exerting autonomous influences’.

中文翻译：

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从宗教信仰看波兰移民在爱尔兰共和国的社会活动

背景

本文重点关注波兰移民在爱尔兰共和国的社会活动，背景是他们来到爱尔兰后宗教信仰的变化。

目的

这项研究将统计方法应用于研究宗教信仰变化的影响，而不仅仅是回答移民是否是一种破坏性事件，它要么使移民与宗教实践疏远，要么相反，将他们“神化”。

方法

它从统计上验证了社会活动与爱尔兰波兰移民的宗教信仰变化和线性回归模型之间的相关性，并展示了基于 2018 年和 2019 年的受访者驱动抽样 (n = 520) 对爱尔兰波兰移民进行的调查结果。

结果

结果表明，宗教信仰的变化过程有两种不同的模式。第一个问题既涉及那些宣称自己“没有宗教改变”的移民，也涉及那些声称自己的宗教态度“下降”的移民。第二种宗教变革模式涉及少数波兰移民，他们宣称自己在爱尔兰经历了宗教复兴。这个自认为经历了宗教复兴的群体在社会上很活跃，并参加了爱尔兰的当地活动。线性回归分析表明，在控制人口特征时，社交活动与祈祷之间存在统计学上的显着关系。

结论和启示

移民不仅解构了宗教信仰，而且对于所研究的波兰移民群体来说，它伴随着宗教复兴和社会活动。统计方法应该考虑这样一个事实，即宗教信仰不是个人的确定性特征，而是与个人的独立属性有关并能够发挥自主影响的事实。