Character of Czech Secularism. Tension between Institutional
and Individual Religiosity in the Czech Republic

C 2007

Character of Czech Secularism. Tension between Institutional and Individual Religiosity in the Czech Republic

LUŽNÝ, Dušan and David VÁCLAVÍK

Basic information

Original name

Character of Czech Secularism. Tension between Institutional and Individual Religiosity in the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Charakter českého sekularismu. Napětí mezi institucionální a individuální religiozitou v České republice

Authors

LUŽNÝ, Dušan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and David VÁCLAVÍK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

1. vyd. Budapest, Church and Religious Life in Post-Communist Societies, p. 67-76, 10 pp. Religion in Eastern and Central Europe, 2007

Publisher

International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Europe Association

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Hungary

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/07:00020421

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-963-87583-2-3

Keywords in English

seculatization; Czech republic

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

The data gained in EVS (and in other mentioned surveys) document the scope and nature of secularization of Czech society. At a structural level, it can be supported by presenting the opinions of respondents concerning the separation of religion (or better, churches) from the spheres of political and economical life in the Czech Republic. These views are accompanied by a relatively low trust in church institutions (only 20% approximately), by the belief that churches do not deal with social or family problems, and by a low frequency of attention of religious services. Hand in hand with the decrease in social significance of institutionalized forms of religion, or decrease in social importance of churches and other plausibility structures, comes a decrease of their social control over the forms of faith. The consequence of this is a privatization of religion, also manifested by the deviance from traditional forms of belief – which can be clearly observed in the decrease of belief in personal God.

In Czech

Příspěvek ukazuje na konkrétních datech problém českého sekularismu, jeho kořenech a projevech.

Links

GA403/06/0574, research and development project

Name: Detradicionalizace a individualizace náboženství v České republice a jejich sociopolitické a socioekonomické důsledky

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Detraditionatization and Individualization of religion in the Czech Republic and their socio-political and socio-economical consequences

Citovat

LUŽNÝ, Dušan and David VÁCLAVÍK. Character of Czech Secularism. Tension between Institutional and Individual Religiosity in the Czech Republic. In TOMKA, Miklós and Edit RÉVAY. Church and Religious Life in Post-Communist Societies. 1st ed. Budapest: International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Europe Association, 2007, p. 67-76. Religion in Eastern and Central Europe. ISBN 978-963-87583-2-3.

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LUŽNÝ, Dušan and David VÁCLAVÍK. Character of Czech Secularism. Tension between Institutional and Individual Religiosity in the Czech Republic. In TOMKA, Miklós and Edit RÉVAY. \textit{Church and Religious Life in Post-Communist Societies}. 1st ed. Budapest: International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Europe Association, 2007, p.~67-76. Religion in Eastern and Central Europe. ISBN~978-963-87583-2-3.

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