"A vallási élet elemi formái"-tól "A média rítusai"-ig: durkheimi fogalmak a kommunikációelméletben

Author(s): Eszter Bartha / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 18/2012

The essay gives a critical review of The Rituals of the Media by Lajos Császi. It seeks to showhow the Durkheimian sociology of religion can be applied to the modern communicationtheory and what perspectives such a combination can store for sociology. The mediahas a significant impact on the formation of public opinion; therefore, its rituals deservea special attention. However, the opinion forming power of the media depends on thesocial structure and the movement of the masses. Today even ordinary people can broadcastInternet TV-programmes and we have not even mentioned the technical possibilitiesoffered by the various social network sites. It is not only the technical competence, whichdetermines whether a given opinion will remain embedded in a narrow subculture or itsucceeds to move the masses, which was a well-loved catchword of the 20th century

"BIO SAM NAVUČEN" – TRANSFORMATIVNO ISKUSTVO BIVŠIH ZAVISNIKA: ULOGA NARATIVNOG IDENTITETA, RELIGIJSKE KONVERZIJE I SOCIJALNE PODRŠKE U PROCESU REHABILITACIJE

Author(s): Srđan Sremac,Tatjana Radić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 3/2010

The theme of the article is the narrative reconstruction of identity among former heroin addicts in which it is necessary to replace an old, stigmatized identity with a new one. Furthermore, religious conversion and social support are seen as key aspects of this process. The authors do not claim that a narrative reconstruction of identity is the sole or most important factor in the cure of addicts, but is certainly an unavoidable aspect of successful recovery. The authors base this claim on 10 interviews undertaken with former addicts. Moreover, the authors emphasize that a narrative method makes possible an adequate approach to the analysis of testimonies of conversion and in this way helps researchers to more easily understand the psychological and spiritual transformation of former addicts, as well as a better comprehension of the role of spirituality in their narratives. In this work the authors understand conversion as an adaptive mechanism which helps a former addict to get rid of psychological conflicts and to in this way create a new self-narrative. Furthermore, the authors consider that on the occasion of telling a story, addicts are given the opportunity for reinterpreting and reconstructing their past, as well as planning their future in the context of newly-adopted religious (canonical) language. Therefore, former addicts construct their life story as a typical story of conversion.

"Continuities and discontinuities. Educational program of The Planned Parenthood Association in Krakow (1957 – 1993)"

Author(s): Barbara Klich-Kluczewska / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

The article presents the program of sexual education prepared and offered by Krakow Branch of the Planned Parenthood Association in the wider context of socio-political situation in Krakow (1956 – 1989). Since the beginning of the Association’s existence, the special attention was paid to the development of educational program, which concerned the different aspects of „family life“. The article is going to answer the questions about its goals, the educational tools used to achieve them and its social targets. To accurately determine the position of the Association in the city‘s community I will analyse its foundation and activities in wider context of the pre-war traditions of the organisation and the activities regarding premarital counselling undertaken by the Krakow Catholic Church.

"Directiveness" as a Predictor of Religious Attitudes

Author(s): Agnieszka Turska-Kawa,Waldemar Wojtasik / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

This paper examines the relation between "directiveness" and levels of religiosity (conceptualized as the three dimensions of "closing-opening," "clericalization-secularization," and "dogmatism-permissiveness"). The model used has been empirically verified and is a consequence of previous studies proving that religiosity in itself generates both pro-social attitudes (especially in regard to an individual's own religious group) and attitudes of aggression toward "outgroups." Researchers have also demonstrated that religion can be a factor that inhibits actual aggression through values such as self-control of negative emotions or impulsive acts. This study finds that the model presented is statistically significant in terms of dimensions such as "closing-opening" and clericalization- secularization: higher directiveness makes it possible to predict higher "closing" and clericalization. This finding makes it possible to discuss directiveness as a foundation for real aggression and attitudes of discrimination against individuals or groups that pose a symbolic or real threat to the unity of the Roman Catholic community.

"Eli, Eli , lema sabachthani" (Mt 27,46). Aramejskie wyrażenia w greckim tekście Nowego Testamentu

Author(s): Piotr Ostański / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2016

There is no doubt that in Jesus’ times the three ancient languages, Hebrew, ramaic, and Greek were commonly spoken in Roman Palestine. It is also beyond discussion that Jesus’ mother tongue was ramaic.

"Ewangelia dziecka" - kilka refleksji o potencjale religijnym dziecka

Author(s): Lidia Marszałek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Early and middle childhood is the best time for shaping religiosity of a child because religious structures of holistic character. Childhood is characterised by significant openness and religious readiness. Sensitivity to religion is much stronger in case of children than in case of adults, because this experience is purely intuitive, and it is not contaminated with reasonable intellectualism. The relation with God goes beyond an intellectual ground and it takes place deep inside at the existential level, therefore children, because of their special qualities, have exceptional abilities of experiencing this relation in an intuitive way.The following treatise is to characterise the special character of a child’ religiosity in the context of their natural qualities of development and to determine the aspects which make the direct contact with God so “unique and inimitable” in case of children.

"UNIWERSYTET JEST NAJWAŻNIEJSZY”. Stefana Sawickiego idea katolickiej universitas studiorum

Author(s): Henryk Duda / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2017

The article discusses the publications by Stefan Sawicki (a scholar born in 1927) on the idea of the Catholic university. According to Sawicki, the most important issue in this fi eld is the relation between science and faith (ratio et fides), and the resulting question about the university’s identity, in particular about the marks of a Catholic university. The other issues, such as procedures of giving names to Catholic universities, their research fi elds, the proper size of a Catholic university, and the balance between the university’s openness to ‘others’ and its guarding its identity, stem directly from this crucial issue. While Stefan Sawicki’s writings will not provide a ready-made answer to the question of how a Catholic university should be structured or how it should function at a given time in history, they may inspire a “reflection and debate on what the university of this type should (and can) be like today, in particular in modernday Poland” (Stefan Sawicki, On the Catholic University, Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL, 2012, 8). Sawicki adds: “It might be commendable not to limit the debate in question to the general formulas of the Catholicity of a university, but rather to point how the Catholicity in question should be implemented in the academic practice” (ibidem). The questions raised by Sawicki pertain to an issue which cannot be disregarded also outside the scope of his work.

"Važno je imati moćnog vođu!" Analiza autoritarnosti u hrvatskom društvu od 1999. do 2018. godine

Author(s): Krunoslav Nikodem / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 3/2019

The primary goal of this paper is the analysis of authoritarianism in Croatian society which is based on the results from the European Values Study. In a theoretical sense, we are following Bob Altemeyer’s concept of authoritarianism, which is defined as the combination of three attitudinal clusters–authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression and conventionalism (Altemeyer, 1988). The analysis is divided into two parts. In the first part we analyse separately eight particles which comprise our authoritarian construct with the basic socio-demographic characteristics for the year 2018. In the second part we use the authoritarianism index as criterion for the three-predictor model (socio-demographic characteristics, religiosity and trust). On the basic level, the results show an increase of those who consider that having a strong leader is good and that it would be a good thing to have greater respect for authority in the near future. Further analysis shows that a lower level of education, the importance of God in life, and trust in the Church are the most important predictors for authoritarianism in Croatian society.

"Vy máte iného ducha!" Žilinská deklarácia - národno-politický aspekt slovenského evanjelického reformného hnutia

Author(s): László Matus / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2015

The constitution of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Kingdom of Hungary was established by the 1891-94 synod. This constitution had a tendency towards centralization and greatly restricted the autonomy of the church. The centralized administration rendered it possible for the leaders of the church to reduce the autonomy of Slovak Lutherans, who had majority in the Cis-Danubian district, by redrawing the borders of the districts. In the new districts the Slovak Lutherans found themselves in minority everywhere, losing their influence on decision making.This lead to the Žilina Declaration, which was signed by 68 north-west Hungarian Slovak congregations at the end of 1912 and the beginning of 1913. The declaration criticised the centralization and the concomitant tendencies towards Hungarian linguistic and the ideological nationalization of the church, and it even raised the issue of forming autonomous Slovak districts.The present study analyses the political context of the above mentioned document. The author uses primary sources because the topic lacks historiographical literature. The first research question of the study is whether the co-operation of the Slovak congregations was as an ad-hoc association or, rather, the result of the mobilisation of an institutionalized group. The second research question discusses the various representations of the relevance of the aforementioned congregational co-operation in the Slovak national narrative. In order to answer these questions the author relies on both political science theories and secularisation theories.

"Wiara i poszukiwanie Boga". Lumen fidei w perspektywie teologii religii

Author(s): Bogdan Ferdek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2014

Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith) is intended as the guiding magisterial document for the Year of Faith. Faith is the gateway to salvation. To reach eternal , it is necessary to have been baptized sacramentally and to die sincerely professing the Catholic faith.

(Christian) Bioethical Dilemmas in Using Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnologies

Author(s): Antonio Sandu,Ana Caras (Frunză) / Language(s): English / Issue: 35/2013

Ethical dilemmas raised by the use of nanotechnology in medical practice can be viewed from several perspectives: religious spiritualist perspective, the perspective of human dignity (nanotechnologies can be thought of as an affront to human dignity), the issue of controversial choice. The article aims to expose some bioethical dilemmas in using synthetic biology and nanotechnologies. Nowadays is often brought into discussion the fact it is possible to appear in the future new human species resulted not via natural selection and evolution, but through the demiurgic effect of technology development in areas such as: synthetic biology, genetics, neurobiology and neurosciences, prosthesis technology and not least of artificial intelligence research. We will also refer into this paper at the possible raised challenges to ethicists who are oriented towards an ethics of species. Those challenges are raised right from the dawn of a consciousness of species, a social construction generated by changes of the meaning of belonging to humanity. During our article we argue that medical technology, especially genetics, medical assisted human reproduction and not least synthetic biology, require a rethinking ethical meanings of applying those technologies in everyday practices.

(Hiper)produkcija čuda i čudesnih dela: značenja narodnih i crkvenih interpretacija i njihov značaj za proces desekularizacije u Srbiji

Author(s): Lidija Radulović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 4/2012

Over the last 20 years, miracles and miraculous acts have been an important part of the multi-layered process of desecularization in Serbia. The Serbian Orthodox Church is trying to revitalize orthodoxy as interpreted by the church and draw in as many believers as possible. At the same time, the folk orthodox variant of Christianity is being revitalized among the faithful, mostly through populist interpretations with elements of folk religion. This paper analyzes the public production of miracles in Serbia based mostly on material drawn from the media, but also on personal testimonies of informants who have witnessed such events.

(NE)DOSUĐIVANJE MEHRA U PARNIČNOM POSTUPKU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE

Author(s): Adis Poljić / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 83/2020

The subject-matter of this article is the real prospect of mehr being paid in lawsuits in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article presents some aspects of mehr and analyzes positive regulations that are similar in their nature to mehr. Thus the analysis is made of the marriage contract and gift contract. The comparison is also made between these and the mehr. Considering the aspects of the time of payment, there are two kinds of mehr: mehr mu’ajjel and mehr muwejjel. Mehr mu’ajjel is paid straight away at the time of the marriage thus its payment is not considered here. The analyses made in this article are in regards to the second kind, mehr muwejjel which is paid later on. After the comparison between the marriage contract and the mehr we were able to conclude that there are differences in the actual effect of these two. This is so particularly with regards to formal validity; this is to say that mehr does not produce legal consequence whereas the marriage contract does. However, when mehr is compared to gift contract the comparison showed that mehr can itself be considered as a gift contract; such can produce legal consequence according to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is very important for it can bring about more responsible approach of men towards the mehr and would mean that women can exercise their rights in these cases.

(Nie)zwykle znaczenie pedagogiki dialogu w teorii nauczania religii

Author(s): Anna Zellma / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2016

The theory of religious education holds a very important place in the Polish catechetics. It is continuously enriched with new issues, determined by the social and educational situation, that are significant from the point of view of practice. Some of them are integrally interwoven with pedagogy. Such issues include analyses related to the processes of communication between the religious education teacher and the students or to developing a dialogue approach in the participants of the religious education classes.

(P)ostati ateist – formiranje nereligioznih identiteta među članovima organizacija nereligioznih i ateista u Hrvatskoj

Author(s): Nikolina Hazdovac Bajić / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 3/2019

The phenomena of non-religiosity and atheism have been provoking the attention of sociologists of religion especially since the beginning of the 21st century. However, in Croatia they have not often been topics of scientific research in recent times. The aim of this paper is to acquire the first scientific insight into the process of forming of non-religious and atheistic identities. Starting from this objective, the paper will try to respond to the specific research question of how non-religious and atheistic identities are formed among members of organizations that gather the non-religious and atheists in Croatia. The paper is based on data collected by semi-structured interviews with 22 persons. The results obtained indicate that the formation of non-religious and atheistic identities among interviewees took place in several (intellectual) stages initiated by critical thinking that had its foundations in natural sciences. With regard to the (non)existence of a collective identity, two types can be differentiated among members of the organizations: the engaged and distanced non-religious and atheists.

15. Internationaler Kongress Renovabis Ländliche Räume im Umbruch. Herausforderungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 3/2011

200 godina Friedricha Engelsa

Author(s): Claus Thomasberger,Alpar Lošonc,Ankica Čakardić,Zvonko Šundov,Miroslav Artić,Michael Brie,Maroje Višić,Vera Vratuša,Kazimir Majorinc,Srđan Šljukić,Marica Šljukić,Bojan Vranić,Nataša Jovanović Ajzenhamer,Ivan Markešić,Mislav Miholek,Duško Radosavljević,Katarina Peović,Petra Kurtović / Language(s): Croatian,Serbian / Publication Year: 2020

This anthology book is published on the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Friedrich Engels, an exceptional thinker and theorist of the revolution. Editors Maroje Višić and Miroslav Artić gathered renowned domestic and international scientists who tried to reevaluate Engels' works and his scientific contribution. The idea behind the book is to point out the everlasting value and significance of Engels’ revolutionary philosophy. Contributing authors offered analytical reading of Engels' ideas, addressing pressing issues in economics, politics, religion, feminism, ideology and in other segments of contemporary society. The papers in an anthology are organized under the chapters: The Reception of Engel’s Philosophy, Actuality of Engels Today with subchapters on working-class and precariat, peasantry as the subject of change, early Christianity as an inspiration; and the last chapter is Revalorization of Family and State. The first chapter tackles the questions if Engels was more than an interpreter of Marx or simply the first Marxist who contributed to the banalization of Marx. It then investigates reception of Engels’ philosophy in ex-Yugoslavia specifically and in philosophical theory in general. The second chapter demonstrates actuality and relevance of Engels today by discussing the topics of working-class and precariat, by making comparison between early industrial society and contemporary society and by tracking development of socialism from utopia to a science. Chapter also deals on the peasantry whose role as a subject of change is thoroughly problematized. Special part of the chapter is dedicated to the influence of the practice of early Christianity on the formation of Engels’ revolutionary idea and to what extent original Christian community served affected the development of Engels’ thought. Final chapter brings papers that, under new circumstances, re-examine the understanding of the state-family relation and their dynamic. This comprehensive anthology attempted to revalorize and appraise Engels’ own contribution to science and philosophy 200 years after his birth. For this it was necessary to “divorce” Engels from Marx so that the fallacy of statement that Engels was second violin to Marx becomes striking.Chapter one tackle the question of whetherEngels was more than an interpreter of Marx or simply the first Marxist to contribute to the banalization of Marx.= Engels' reception is then examined both in the former Yugoslavia and in philosophical theory in general.Special part of the chapter is dedicated to influence of the practice of early Christianity on the formation of Engels’ revolutionary idea. That is, to what extent the examples of the original Christian communities influenced the development of Engels' thought

2012-2015 Yılları Arasında Din İşleri Yüksek Kuruluna İntikal Eden Soruların Yaygın Din Eğitimi Açısından Değerlendirilmesi

Author(s): Kamil Çoştu / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 2/2017

One of the main tasks of the Presidency of Religious Affairs is to inform the society with religious aspects. To serve this purpose the highest unit of the institution is the High Board of Religious Affairs. 147,718 questions with religious content were totally addressed to the board between the years 2012-2015 which is more than the whole period of 1965-2000. In this research questions addressed to the board between the years 2012-2015 are turned into tables according to gender, educational status, age, area of living etc. and this digital data in terms of religious subjects is examined from the view of informal religious education. Based on this data to solve the problematic areas of religious education of the society we have observed the responsibilities of active actors such as institutions, organizations, audio visual media and faculties with high religious education.

25. konference Církev a stát, na téma Náboženství a ozbrojené síly, Brno, září 2019

Author(s): Záboj Horák / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 77/2019

Ve čtvrtek 5. září 2019 se v budově Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, na Komenského náměstí 2, konala pravidelná celodenní konference z cyklu Církev a stát, tentokrát zasvěcená tématu Náboženství a ozbrojené síly. Konferenci pořádala Katedra ústavního práva a politologie Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity a Společnost pro církevní právo.

25. rocznica strajków studenckich w Łodzi – droga do legalizacji Niezależnego Zrzeszenia Studentów w Polsce (1981–2006)

Author(s): Innocenty Marek Rusecki / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2007

This article presents the course of Lodź students' strikes, who in 1981 acted against the authorities of the Polish People's Republic (PRL) policy, concerning higher education They demanded introducing a lot of changes. Their strikes provided strong impetus for other students in Poland, who conseąuently started their own waves of strikes. The result of those strikes was establishing the first Independent Association of Students in Poland. In the first part of the article, the author outlined the communists' coming to power, strengthening it, as well as their style of ruling. That was a background for presenting the circumstances of students'strikes in Lodź, their demands, their talks with the state authorities and the Independent Association of Students coming into existance. The second part of the article presents the Catholic Church in Poland, its social role in the years of the communistic regime, which started in 1945, and Lodź Church special part during the srikesof 1981. According to the author, today, when there are trials to ignore or falsify some facts and events from the latest Polish history, it is essential to hold in reverence those wonderful episodes which reveal human's right to freedom, dignity, subjective treatment, and last but not least, to have all their rights guaranteed by the Constitution, respected by the ruling authorities. The author hopes that the present article will contribute to a long process of Polish national history cleansing and to showing it in the proper light. This article is dedicated to all of those who were involved in students' strikes, as a token of remembrance and gratitude.