Basic Values of Members of Lay Ecclesiastical Movements in Croatia Cover Image

Temeljne vrednote pripadnika laičkih crkvenih pokreta u Hrvatskoj
Basic Values of Members of Lay Ecclesiastical Movements in Croatia

Author(s): Vine Mihaljević
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: values; new lay ecclesiastical movements; religion

Summary/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

  • Issue Year: 15/2006
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 1087-1103
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian