Deepening Secularization? How to Read Official Statistics. A
Case of the Czech Republic

J 2014

Deepening Secularization? How to Read Official Statistics. A Case of the Czech Republic

VÁCLAVÍK, David

Základní údaje

Originální název

Deepening Secularization? How to Read Official Statistics. A Case of the Czech Republic

Autoři

VÁCLAVÍK, David

Vydání

DISKUS, Bath College of HE, 2014, 0967-8948

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00076522

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

census; seculariuzation; Czech Republic; modernization

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 3. 2015 14:05, prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The Czech Republic is often regarded as one of the most secularized countries in the world. It seems that such a statement is supported by the majority of statistical data, for example, the results of the last census, which was held in 2011. According to this census only 12 % of the Czech population identifies explicitly with a religious institution or tradition. It also shows a radical decline of traditional religious institutions such as the Catholic Church or the main protestant denominations, which have lost more than 50 % of their members over the last ten years. What do these facts mean? Are they, as some scholars and the majority of journalist and politicians argue, clear proof of the deepening secularization or even "atheisation" of contemporary Czech society? Or is it necessary to read this data more carefully and in the context of other relevant surveys? I will argue in this paper that the above mentioned and similar facts cannot be interpreted in the "traditional way" as evidence of deepening secularization but instead should be read as an indicator of a change in the interpretation of religion in connection to a new social and cultural concept of this phenomenon.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/0780/2013, interní kód MU

Název: Epistemologické problémy výzkumu v religionistice (Akronym: EPROVYR)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Epistemologické problémy výzkumu v religionistice, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

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39-149-1-PB.pdf

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Citovat

VÁCLAVÍK, David. Deepening Secularization? How to Read Official Statistics. A Case of the Czech Republic. DISKUS. Bath College of HE, 2014, roč. 16, č. 2, s. 22-30. ISSN 0967-8948.

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VÁCLAVÍK, David. Deepening Secularization? How to Read Official Statistics. A Case of the Czech Republic. \textit{DISKUS}. Bath College of HE, 2014, roč.~16, č.~2, s.~22-30. ISSN~0967-8948.

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