Naslov
Hope in the Dance of Light and Shadow. Sociodemographic Charachteristics of Women's Religious Communities in Croatia

Autori
Mijatović, Jasna Krista

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Hope. Where does our Hope lie? International Congress of the European Society for Catholic Theology (August 2019 – Bratislava, Slovakia) / Lichner, Milos - Beč : LIT Verlag, 2020, 691-704

ISBN
978-953-231-181-5

Skup
Hope. Where does our Hope lie? International Congress of the European Society for Catholic Theology

Mjesto i datum
Bratislava, Slovačka, 28.08.2019. - 31.08.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Croatia ; hope ; number and age of women religious ; entering and leaving apostolic women's religious communities

Sažetak
Looking for signs of hope in apostolic women’s religious communities, the article presents some sociodemographic characteristics of women’s religious communities in Croatia. Regarding women religious in Croatia, a very limited amount of sociological research has been carried out so far. Th ere are only fragmentary bits of information collected by the Croatian Religious Conference. The sociodemographic characteristics presented in this article (the number and age of community members entering and leaving a community) are the results of research for the doctoral thesis “Understanding and Fulfi lment of the Mission of Women Religious in Croatia Today” interpreted in the light of hope and vitality. The statistical data are not very encouraging. Over a period of ten years (2008-2017), the total number of members of women’s religious communities has diminished by 14%. The average age in religious communities is 65. There is a small number of girls in the initial formation for religious life. All the indicators considered together do not suggest a flourishing of religious life in the near future. However, the sociodemographic characteristics of women’s religious communities in Croatia needs to be interpreted within the context of the total population of Croatia, which is also aging. When one compares the sociodemographic characteristics of women’s religious communities in Croatia with women’s religious communities in some other European countries, in which the majority of communities have not had any young candidates joining the community for decades, then one can conclude that religious communities in Croatia are still showing significant signs of hope and vitality.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Teologija

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