Published : 2025-12-21

Aspects of Humanistic Gerontology in the Letter of the Holy Father John Paul II to the Elderly

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The text attempts to analyze the document Letter of the Holy Father John Paul II to the elderly in terms of the presence of the category of humanistic gerontology. The document is an example of an official letter addressed by a religious authority to a selected group of people – the elderly. The analysis is carried out in two stages: the first stage consists in extracting detailed thematic units from the text, the second – in relating them to the categories of humanistic gerontology. The conclusions from the analysis are clear and point to the humanistic image of old age presented by the Pope in the Letter.

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humanistic gerontology, Letter of the Holy Father John Paul II to the elderly, analysis of document, John Paul II



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Dubas, E. (2025). Aspects of Humanistic Gerontology in the Letter of the Holy Father John Paul II to the Elderly. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna [Biographical Studies in Education], 10(3), 49–79. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2025.10.52

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

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