Original scientific paper
TRADITIONAL AND NEW RELIGIOSITV IN POSTCOMMUNISM: THE CHANGES IN STUDENT RELIGIOSITY 1990·1994
Jasminka Lažnjak
; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Oil, Zagreb
Abstract
The recent researches in Central and Eastern Europe show increasing
religiosity. The purpose of this research was to investigate
religious changes that have occurred in Croatia in the past
few years. The survey was performed on a sample of the student
population of Zagreb University in 1990 and 1994: 1. to determine
the existence of multidimensional religiosity analyzing the possible
secularization influence of university education (only in 1990);
2. to investigate the influence of radical change of the social system
on religiosity questioning the same generation of students at
the beginning (1990) and at the end (1994) of their studies. Factor
analyses provided in both researches four types of religiosity, although
not identical ones. Both times, the first two as well as the
most important factors were Christian faith and atheism, while the
other two in 1990 were the denial of the meaning of life and
death, and empty belief. In 1994 the other two were: not recognizing
the meaning of life and death and its denial. The research
confirmed that the process of secularization was under way in the
sense of fragmentation of religion which was indicated by components
of belief separated from interpretative schemes of "ultimate
questions", but the influence of professional education on
religiosity was not confirmed. At the same time significant countersecularization
processes have been recognized in the return to
traditional and church religiosity.
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Hrčak ID:
31717
URI
Publication date:
1.1.1997.
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