This panel will be devoted to the analysis of various aspects of religion in its private dimension and the experiences associated with the religion in daily practice from the perspective of humanities and social sciences. The papers will focus on the importance on importance of religion Christian life, its experience, practice, and understanding. The speakers will present the results of empirical field research, analyses of historical sources, and metatheoretical reflections.The results of research carried out with the use of in-depth phenomenological Marian beliefs on the Polish-Belarusian-Lithuanian border (transformation from collective folk religiosity to individual interpretations).the importance of prayer in preparation for childbirth (in the group of pregnant women expecting the birth of their first child).The results of analyzes based on the phenomenology of the textsanalysis of the motif of wild man, present in the Mediterranean ecumene in the first centuries AD and its impact on early Christian understanding Christianity and the tasks of Portuguese Jesuit missionaries in Japan on the example of Francisco Cabral and Alexandro Critical analysis of the myth of the role of the Catholic Church in Polish opposition towards communist The panel should outline the issue of the individual experience of religion and the tension between the private dimension and the Christian doctrine. Chair: Maksymilian Dzikowski (University of Szczecin)Speakers: Maksymilian Dzikowski (University of Szczecin), Religion that is to be believed, religion that is to be be-livedKaciaryna Bychak (University of Szczecin), The Blessed Virgin. Different layers of the image: transformations of Marian devotion in the rural environment of the Polish-Belarusian-Lithuanian borderlandsAlicja Neumann-Karpińska (University of Szczecin), Blessed among women. The importance of faith and prayer in preparation for childbirth and the transition to parenthoodFilip Przytulski (University of Szczecin), The policy of the Catholic Church towards the authorities and the opposition during the communist dictatorship in Poland – an attempt at demythologizationSylwester Szwedzki (Independent Researcher), Preaching and religiosity models case study in Japanese Christian missions of Francisco Cabral and Alessandro Valignano