The Attitudes of Young People in Yugoslavia Towards Introduction of Religious Instruction into Schools
The Attitudes of Young People in Yugoslavia Towards Introduction of Religious Instruction into Schools

Summary/Abstract: A question how to provide our children and young people attending elementary, secondary and academic schools with the religious knowledge constituting an integral part of the religious, cultural and national identity of their environment as objectively and as completely as possible, is put forward in our general public with an increasing frequency. To formulate such a question and to attempt to answer it are two entirely different tasks. This is where a wide span of opinions is reflected: from those allowing only for "scientific" information on religion/religions in schools, to those favoring re-institutionalization of the "classic" religious instruction in schools. Along with a review of the standpoints taken by several Yugoslav scholars, the paper analyzes the attitudes of the Yugoslav secondary school students on introduction of religious instruction into schools. The obtained data are a part of a wider socio-empirical research carried out in 1997 in the several regions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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