Les jeunes catholiques de Roumanie en 2003. Bilan d'un sondage et directions de recherche
The Young Catholics of Romania in 2003. Conclusions of A Recent Survey and Strategies for Further Research

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the first substantial survey focusing on the young Romanian Catholics; the respondents numbered 1300 teenagers and young people from all the catholic dioceses in the country. The author contextualizes the choices made in the construction and above all in the interpretation of the results yield­ed by such a survey, which must consider the distinctive responses and standpoint of a young population that belongs to a minority religion. He captures a few results that are deemed especially significant for the relation of these youngsters with the Church as an institution, in terms of attitudes, practices and values. Finally, he discusses the crucial dimensions of the respondents' posi­tion concerning practices and social values, regarding their relationship with the society as a whole and their degree of appreciation of the new European values. The article provides the necessary articulation for any structured study of the complex relation between young people and religion, post-communist society and European values, after the year 2000.

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