Vjera u obrazovanje i obrazovanje u vjeri: stavovi i iskustva nereligioznih roditelja prema religiji i vjeronauku u javnim školama u Republici Hrvatskoj

U ovoj znanstvenoj monografiji prikazani su nalazi dobiveni u istraživanju provedenom su sklopu projekta "Istraživački projekt o stavovima i iskustvima nereligioznih roditelja prema obrazovnom sustavu u Republici Hrvatskoj" provedenog u sklopu Foruma za slobodu odgoja, a financirano od strane Rosa Luxemburg zaklade.Glavni cilj navedenog projekta je istraživanje stavova nereligioznih roditelja o religioznosti kao i poseban način na koji se vjerska pitanja rješavaju u sustavu obrazovanja njihove djece. Istraživanjem je dalo uvid u probleme nereligioznih osoba i njihove djece, i iznijelo je neke slučajeve diskriminacije

Potential for degrowth: attitudes and behaviours across 18 European countries

Avoiding a whole-scale collapse of the civilisation-supporting ecosystems within this century will require a change in the social metabolism, as well as expectations, aspirations, behaviours and attitudes of the majority of the global population, especially in the Global North. In absence of the technological innovation to allow maintenance and expansion of the current energy utilisation by the global society, but without the collapse-inducing byproducts, the societies will require a transformation along the lines of a degrowth scenario. The main goal of this paper is to explore to what extent is environmentally motivated degrowth potential present among European populations on the level of attitudes and evaluation of behaviour. In order to do so we use the ISSP research module Environment survey data from 2011, analysing comparative findings for 18 European ‘old’ and ‘new’ democracies. Our findings indicate the prevalence of common awareness of environmental limits to growth among all participating European national populations, but a different potential to apply them in a degrowth scenario between ‘richer’ and ‘poorer’ states, as well as between younger and older European degrowthers

Religion in Central European societies: its social role and people’s expectations

This paper analyses the public role of religion in post-communist Central Europe by researching perceptions and expectations of people concerning different aspects of the social role of religion. The paper argues that the social significance of religion should be analysed from the point of view of its ability to fulfildifferent social functions and social expectations connected with it. Based on the data from the Aufbruch research project and partly from the International Social Survey Project, religious portraits of 13 post-communist countries are presented. A more in-depth analysis is done for four countries (Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia), since in these countries the differences in the general level of religiosity vary significantly, ranging from highly religious (Croatia) to highly secularized (Czech Republic). The findings show that social expectations about the public role of religion differ due to a social field in which religion is/can be engaged and that people’s expectations about the public and social role of religion do not always match the general level of religiosity in a specific society

Religija i zdravlje: vjerska zajednica kao socijalni resurs

IN CROATIAN: U posljednjih 40-50 godina sve su intenzivnija istraživanja koja se bave odnosom religije i zdravlja, pri čemu se kao znanstvena tema pojavljuje u različitim znanstvenim disciplinama kao što su antropologija, sociologija, psihologija, medicina (psihijatrija, gerontologija, socijalna epidemiologija), itd. S obzirom na multidimenzionalnost predmeta istraživanja, različite znanosti nastoje sustavno istražiti religioznost (religijsku uključenost/angažman) i zdravlje (fizičko i mentalno). U tom smislu je to i u ovom radu osnovni istraživački cilj, pri čemu se specifičnije nastoji istražiti u kojoj mjeri i kako se taj odnos posreduje kroz pripadnost i angažman u određenim vjerskim zajednicama. U tu svrhu provelo se istraživanje u šest kršćanskih vjerskih zajednica (Savez baptističkih vjerskih zajednica, Evanđeosko pentekostna crkva, Crkva cjelovitog evanđelja, Savez crkava „Riječ života“, Crkva Isusa Krista Svetaca posljednjih dana (mormoni) i Kršćanska adventistička crkva) te jednoj ne-kršćanskoj zajednici (Hinduistička vjerska zajednica). Kako bi se vidjelo postoji li razlika u osobnom zdravlju (zdravstvenom ponašanju i zdravstvenom stanju) kod pripadnika vjerskih zajednica u usporedbi s općom populacijom koristili su se podaci iz međunarodnog istraživačkog projekta International Social Survey Programme modula „Zdravlje“. Utvrđeno je da pripadnici vjerskih zajednica određene dimenzije svojeg zdravlja procjenjuju boljim te da su vjerske zajednice zdravstveno relevantne socijalne sredine u kojima se odnos religije i zdravlje posreduje i to prvenstveno kroz mehanizme stvaranja socijalne podrške i socijalnog kapitala. --------------- IN ENGLISH: In the last 40-50 years there is a significant increase in the research that addresses the relationship between religion and health (Weaver, Pargament, Flannelly, & Oppenheimer, 2006). Variety of research topics in this field emerge within disciplines such as sociology , psychology, medicine (gerontology, social epidemiology), psychiatry, anthropology, etc. Given the multi-dimensionality of the object of research, sciences dealing with health, social sciences and behavioral sciences are trying to, especially in recent years, systematically explore religiosity (religious involvement/engagement ) and health (physical and mental). In that context this is the main research objective in this paper, but with a specific aim to explore to what extent and how this relationship is mediated through affiliation and involvement in certain religious communities. Given that the research on relationship between religion and health varies with different conceptual approaches, which largely depend on the various scientific areas engaged, one can say that the main character of this research is sociological exploration of the relationship in a particular socio-religious context (Croatian society). Therefore a survey was conducted in six Christian religious communities (Baptist Union of Religious Communities, Evangelical Pentecostal Church, Full Gospel Church, Word of Life Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and Seventh-day Adventist Church) and one non-Christian community (Hindu religious organization). In order to see whether there is a difference in personal health (health behavior and health status) among members of religious communities data from the international research project International Social Survey Programme module "Health" was used. Since there are rare studies on smaller religious communities in Croatia, the ISSP module "Religion" was used in order to reveal the extent to which participants in religious communities differ in their religiosity than the general population. The analysis showed that the subjects in religious communities have an active and consistent religiosity and that although there are certain differences between the communities, which are mostly caused by a variety of religious traditions, it seems that highly prevalent religiosity in communities creates a social platform which is characterized by homogeneity and firm integration of its own members. When data on religious involvement in a religious communities was wieved it showed that frequent participation in activities in a religious community, whether the activities were of religious or non-religious character, lead to increased social support, increased trust, increased general networking, increased sense of integration in the community, or in other words in increased general social support and social capital