NAUČNO PROUČAVANJE RELIGIJE I VERSKA TOLERANCIJA
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Summary/Abstract: Religion has once again gained power and influence, not only for the individuals who in religion find the meaning of their entire lives and neither exclusively for the religious institutions, its power can be seen through the increase of scientific studies in this subject. Religion is being more and more represented by media and by the analysis of the message content, we find the tendencies of those who are writing. The paradigm of the relations which has ruled in the atheistic system, for or against religion, has been exchanged by the hatred when talking about “sects”, that is dangerous, other religions. The competition between religious systems widens the field of intolerance to the numerous variations of religious beliefs and religious practicing. Sociology of the religion tends to talk objectively about religion, about religion alone, and not for or against it. However, beside misunderstandings and problems, which more than in other subjects contribute to difficulties of those who conduct the researches about religion, the position of the objective researcher contributes to the better understanding of the religion which is being researched and makes it available to the broader public and to the religion itself serves as a mirror of self understanding. Religious tolerance as an ideal of mutual respect between believers could be realized through education, especially young people, that researching religion and propagating the truth about it, reducing the fears and by doing so also reducing the possibility of conflicts the spread of violence. Because religions are being the intermediary in the secret connecting of divine principles with human, it is necessary to respect the boundaries of perception within every religion.

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