Verski i nacionalni identitet mladih intelektualaca u Srbiji
Religious and national identity of young intellectuals in Serbia

Author(s): Jerina Vasić
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology, Politics and religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: religious identity; national identity; young intellectuals; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: Based on the attitudes of young Serbian intellectuals about their own nation and members of other national communities, we tried to examine the connection between national and religious identity. We have witnessed that in the previous period in Serbia, church dignitaries often emphasized religion as a characteristic of an ethnic group, which inevitably had an impact on the attitudes of believers. Theorists, however, point out the difference between traditional and current religiosity, so we assumed that traditional religiosity, as the cultural basis of the nation, is associated with a stronger national identity, while current religiosity is characterized by a stronger connection with the religious community and, thus, a weaker national identification.

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