Sociology and Space, No. 87-90, 1985.
Preliminary communication
Religion in the Rural Population in 1972 and 1982
Dinka Marinović
Abstract
A comparison of data from research
into religion in the Zagreb region,
carried out in 1972 and 1982, shows
that differences between village
and town from the aspect of
traditional and current links with
religion and the church still exist:
in the village such links are much
stronger.
The current religious situation is
viewed through the relationship
between the traditional (traditional
religious feelings) and the modern
(social identification and
participation as elements of
inclusion in modern social
processes), through occupation
structures dominant in the village.
Data show that the rural population,
and especially farmers, are still
very traditional, which is expressed
through the significant presence of
religious feelings on one side, and
a very low degree of social
engagement on the other.
The activity of various social and
socio-political organization s and
institutions (educational, cultural
and productional) which would
promote the penetration of modern
processes is either lacking or
inadequate in the village. Combined
with unchanged conditions and way
of life, this also perpetuates
traditional religious feeling as a
composite and inescapable factor
of rural life, giving in the stamp
of »stability«.
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Hrčak ID:
120054
URI
Publication date:
18.12.1985.
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