Original scientific paper
Basic Values of Members of Lay Ecclesiastical Movements in Croatia
Vine MIHALJEVIČ
Abstract
In this paper, special attention was given to the type and
order of values most appreciated by members of new lay
ecclesiastical (Catholic) movements in Croatia in their
personal lives based on the survey "Globalisation and
(post)modern ecclesiastical and religious movements"
conducted in the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar in
Zagreb. The basic religious and spiritual value expressed by
the examinees is "belief in God". Then the research focuses
on whether there was a difference in the attitudes and
opinions among the examinees who ranked their "belief in
God" first on the scale and those who did not rank their
"belief in God" first, with regard to whether the Catholic
church has the right to speak of disarmament and peace,
unemployment, racial and ethnic discrimination, euthanasia,
the environment and development, current policies (of the
Government, Parliament and President). The difference
between answers of both gropus of examinees respectively
regarding the extent to which the Catholic church adequately
responds to the moral and spiritual problems of individuals,
probelms of family and social lives, discrimination of the
Romanies, euthanasia and the "sins of the establishment"
have also been analysed. According to the results obtained it
is evident that between these two groups there is
considerable agreement concerning their attitudes and
opinions towards the religious institution, and a statistically
significant difference has been observed in the opinions on
whether the Catholic church responds to the issues of
euthanasia and other contemporary social problems.
Keywords
values; new lay ecclesiastical movements; religion
Hrčak ID:
18354
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2006.
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