Naslov
Society under Siege: The Peculiar Story of the Development of the Sociology of Religion in Croatia

Autori
Siniša Zrinščak

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Sociologies of Religion. National Traditions

Urednik/ci
Anthony J. Blasi, Giuseppe Giordan

Izdavač
Brill

Grad
Leiden : Boston (MA)

Godina
2015

Raspon stranica
322-352

ISBN
9789004297296

Ključne riječi
society, sociology, sociology of religion, Croatia, Central and Eastern Europe

Sažetak
The paper describes the development of the sociology of religion in Croatia. It aims to show how social circumstances shaped the very existence of sociology and the sociology of religion as well as their theoretical and methodological scope. The paper starts with the description of the development of sociology in the period before and after the Second World War, explaining effects of the social context on the development of both sociology and the sociology of religion. The development of the sociology of religion is analyzed in the course of two periods, during Communism and following its collapse. The history presented shows major discontinuities, which had a strong impact on the way sociology and the sociology of religion have been developed, not only in Croatia but in other Eastern European contexts. The paper is critical and affirmative at the same time. It acknowledges the remarkable achievement in the sociology of religion in the period when religion was a politically alien object, while it remains critical of many of its shortcomings.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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