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NOVI RELIGIJSKI POKRETI U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
THE NEW RELIGION MOVEMENTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Edhem Bašić
Subject(s): Sociology of Religion
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: New religion movements; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Summary/Abstract: The last few decades are characterized with sudden awakening and development of new religiousness, new or renewed teachings, which are scientifically called the new religious movements. These new religious communities are the universal phenomenon. According to the institutions researching this social and theological challenge, formation and work of these new religious movements has been noticed on all continents. It is not unusual to meet young people on the street offering us to learn about Jesus vision of life, to discover the real meaning of life, to join the only true Islamic community etc. In the first part of the article the author lists the basic social strivings of postmodern era that influenced this kind of individualistic and, basically, nontraditional relation towards religion.

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 44-50
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bosnian