Professional paper

CONFESSIONAL AFFILIATION - RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL FEATURE

Antun Šundalić ; Faculty of Economics, Zagreb

Abstract

The postsocialist period of development of Croatian society has
been marked by numerous changes in all fields of social life. These
changes have also, naturally, occurred in the relationship towards
religion. An illustrative example is the relationship towards confessional
affiliation in which secular issues are strongly accentuated
(confirmation of the national, expressions of tradition, conformism,
lay motifs ...) The main task the author has taken upon himself is to
examine the "quality" of awareness concerning confessional affiliation
(do secular or sacral characteristics prevail?), as well as to determine
whether the change of political circumstances influenced
the "politization" of confessional affiliation. For the completion of this
task a smaller part of a research was used, conducted in Eastern
Slavonia in April 1994, on a sample of 566 examinees (Roman Catholics).
Two instruments from a much broader questionnaire were
taken. In statistical analysis the univariate statistical technique was
applied (frequency, arithmetic mean), as well as the multivariate
analysis (factor analysis, Varimax rotation). It is apparent from frequency
distribution and factor extraction that the examinees perceive
confessional affiliation primarily as a religious feature (value).
But also, they do not deny its secular applicability, which does not
necessarily imply a denial of its religious foundation.

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Hrčak ID:

32284

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/32284

Publication date:

1.11.1995.

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