Original scientific paper
RESULTS OF SOCIORELIGIOUS RESEARCH IN FRANCISCAN PROVINCES OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA The results of survey carried out among Franciscan monks and nuns
Neven Duvnjak
orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-9823
; The Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar Split
Abstract
The survey, carried out among the monks and nuns belonging to
Franciscan order, covered 233 respondents, i. e. 143 nuns and 90
monks. It was carried out in seven Franciscan provinces in the region
of Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina. In the analysis of the
respondents' socio-psychological characteristics special attention was
paid to the social milieu the monks and nuns come from (place of
birth, parents'profession, number of children in the family, and the
like). In the survey various aspects of monastic life were analyzed,
like the relationship with other monastic communities and church
authorities, as well as to episcopate. A special part of the research
was dedicated to the analysis of their prayer and sacramental life.
Considering the importance of living the Franciscan charisma among
monks and nuns, the questions refering to war and peace
(peacemaking) were treated, as well as the relationship with the
Catholic social teaching (care for the poor) and with ecology (care for
ali created). This is one of the first socio-religious researches carried
out among Church officials after 1990 and can be used as the basis
for similar comparative researches.
Keywords
Croatia; Bosnia and Hercegovina; franciscans; nuns; survey; religious life
Hrčak ID:
50746
URI
Publication date:
21.6.1999.
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