Naslov
Religious Freedom in Contemporary Croatian Society

Autori
Duvnjak, Neven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
33rd International Course on the Future of Religion: Mutual Treatment of Believing and Non-Believing Citizens

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 27.04.2009. - 02.05.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
vjerske slobode u Hrvatskoj; predstavnici vjerskih zajednica; anketa
(Religious Liberties in Croatia; Representatives of Religious Communities; Survey)

Sažetak
The main goal of this presentationan overview of religious freedom in Republic of Croatia in period fom 1997. till today. During this period some important changes have occured. Namely, Croatian parliament passed a Law on Legal Status of Religious Communities in Croatia. Besides, the Government signed a number of agreements with particular religious communities. The central part of this paper consists of analysis of responds to two questionnaires carried out in 1997. and 2003., where high rank representatives expressed their opinion about religious freedom in Croatia.As the most important part of this paper, the comparison of responds obtained out of these two questionnaires tells us are religious communities content with their status in society and informs us about their mutual relations. Furthermore, it is analysed how other religios communities see the position of Catholic Church, the most influential religious community in Croatia. In that context we can ask ourselves: does the constitual stipulation &laquo ; equal before the Law&raquo ; really mean equal positionin society?, especially when we consider four agreements signed between Republic of Croatia and the Holy See. On the basis of the research results as well as on other facts and data, wecan conclude that religious freedom in Croatia made advance and that position of religiou communities considerably improved.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

POVEZANOST RADA