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Transformacije religije i moralnosti u modernoj Evropi
Transformations of Religion and Morality in Modern Europe

Author(s): Thomas Luckmann
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine

Summary/Abstract: Based on the assumption that religion is not a passing phase in the evolution of mankind but a universal aspect of the conditio humana, the anthropological and phenomenological features of religion and morality are outlined here. Then, three different social forms of religion and morality are delineated: archaic societies, early high culture, functionally differentiated societies. It is argued that the privatized form of religion constitutes a fourth social form existing in Europe. It is characterized by functional specialization and the modern variety of pluralism. Whereas the privatized form of religion is characterized by the absence of a generally obligatory model, the situation in Europe is characterized by the superimposition and co-existence of the various forms with tendencies towards fundamentalism and wholeness.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 61-71
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian