Religija, civilno društvo, socijalni problemi
Religion, Civil Society, Social Problems

Summary/Abstract: The paper begins with a description of the socio-religious situation at the turn of the millennium in western and eastern Europe. Although in western Europe there is a dominant trend of secularisation under way, and in eastern Europe one of revitalisation of religion, these trends cannot explain numerous other individual and social changes, especially those pertaining to the public role of religion. Contemporary European societies have difficulty, among other things, in dealing with demands for public religious expression, especially on the part of minority, non- traditional religions. The inadequacy of classical concepts of secularisation, the relationship between the private and public spheres as well as liberally understood human rights, is demonstrated in the works of Jose Casanova and David Herbert. Although in different ways, both reach out to the concept of civil society, enabling the description of public activity and the public role of religion in modern and late-modern society.

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