Directions in the study of religiosity in the Romanian Christian Orthodox space Cover Image

Direcţii de studiere a religiozităţii în spaţiul creştin ortodox românesc
Directions in the study of religiosity in the Romanian Christian Orthodox space

Author(s): Anca Gorgan
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Eikon

Summary/Abstract: Statistical data point out the high level of Romanians’ religiosity as compared to other European Christian peoples. There is an evident contradiction between this observed reality and the New Testament syntagm which denominates the Christians as the little flock. Moreover, in the study of the religious phenomena from a sociological perspective, a standardized measurement methodology suitable to each Christian denomination is still absent. In this study, I want to identify another way at analyzing the Orthodox Christian religiosity, considering that the sociological arguments must be adequate to the very specificity of this denomination. The questions that will be addressed later represent the starting point of my endeavor that will hopefully finalize in the elaboration of an instrument for the measurement of the Orthodox Christian religiosity.

  • Issue Year: 7/2009
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 130-140
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian