Pregledni rad
Renewed Religiosity and Democratisation of the Croatian Society
Pero MALDINI
Sažetak
The establishment of democracy is the main goal of
transitional societies, thus making the process of
democratisation the key transitional process many other
transformational processes are dependent on.
Democratisation earmarks the change of political system,
structure and consolidation of the democratic order, but also
the process of adopting the values of democracy. The trend of
increasing religiosity is especially evident in the circumstances
of social crisis and big social change such as transition. In a
situation of decline of many norms and values and an anomy
of values accompanying transitional changes, traditional
social values gain strength, while the process of accepting
new democratic values is slowed down. Religious values, as
part of the traditional complex of values, become/remain one
of the few permanent value-normative landmarks and
sociopsychological mainstays on the individual level, and
agents of collective homogenisation on the societal (national)
level. The author questions the way in which religious values
and renewed religiosity during the first transitional decade
were in the function of the democratisation process of
Croatian society. A survey of various research projects about
religiosity is given portraying the structure of religiosity of
Croatian society, considering social conditions, the role of the
Church and qualitative characteristics of renewed religiosity,
as well as some basic social-value implications of religiosity in
the process of democratisation of the Croatian society.
Ključne riječi
religiosity; religious values; social values; democratisation; transition; tradition
Hrčak ID:
18355
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2006.
Posjeta: 2.714 *