Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Social Compass
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Jerolimov, D. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zrinscak, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
 Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Religion Within and Beyond Borders: The Case of Croatia

Dinka Marinovic Jerolimov

Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia, dinka{at}idi.hr

Sinisa Zrinscak

University of Zagreb, Croatia, sinisa.zrinscak{at}zg.htnet.hr

English

The authors analyse religiosity in Croatia from the point of view of significant differences among its regions demonstrating an array of theoretical and methodological difficulties in interpreting religious changes in the post-Communist era, particularly the revitalization of religion in some countries and the contradictory social role of religion in most countries of Central and Eastern Europe. That the differences in religiosity between Croatian regions are connected to borders with countries of different religions, nations and/or languages and with the historical as well as recent social processes is very visible. Apart from the dominant paradigms of explanation (differences in historical processes and the trend of politicization of religion and "religionization" of politics in the transitional period), the authors suggest that the possible influence of politicization must be considered over a much longer historical period, that different patterns of socio-religious development have long-lasting consequences and that the role of religion as a cultural resource for individuals and for social groups must not be neglected.

French

Les auteurs analysent les variantes régionales significatives de la religiosité en Croatie et mettent en lumière l'ensemble des difficultés méthodologiques et théoriques d'une interprétation des changements religieux dans la période du post-communisme, en particulier la revitalisation de la religion dans certains pays et le rôle social contradictoire de la religion dans la plupart des pays d'Europe centrale et de l'Est. On observe différents types de religiosité dans les régions croates qui doivent être mis en relation avec le pays de religion, nation et/ou langue différente dont elles sont limitrophes. Au-delà des paradigmes explicatifs dominants (les différences de processus historiques ainsi que la politisation de la religion et la'religionisation' de la politique dans la période de transition), les auteurs suggèrent que l'éventuelle influence de la politique doit être observée dans une période historique bien plus longue, que les divers types de développements socio-religieux ont des conséquences à long terme et que le rôle de la religion comme ressource culturelle pour les individus et les groupes sociaux ne doit pas être négligé.

Key Words: borders • Croatia • post-Communism • religiosity • social roles of religion

Social Compass, Vol. 53, No. 2, 279-290 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0037768606064340


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?