Savremene religijske promene u Srbiji i desekularizacija
Current Religious Changes in Serbia and Desecularization
Author(s): Mirko BlagojevićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: desecularization; clericalization; transition; contemporary Serbian society; Orthodoxy; Serbian Orthodox Church;
Summary/Abstract: For the contemporary Serbian sociology of religion it is evident that the process of desecularization has been present on the social scene of Serbia in the last fifteen years. Sociologists have provided arguments for this claim based on data gathered in Serbia during this period. The religious changes in question have been empirically recorded in all aspects of attachment to religion (mainly Eastern Orthodoxy) and the church (Serbian Orthodox Church), that is, in aspects of religious identification, doctrinal beliefs and religious behaviour. Certain political subjects and social scientists feel that social life in Serbia is getting increasingly, and that religion and church are exerting influence within social fields they are not supposed to, if Serbia is to become a secular, democratic state. The paper analyzes some major conditions of the clericalization of the Serbian society.
Journal: Filozofija i društvo
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 31
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English