Vol.2, No 6/2 1999 pp. 247 - 255
UDC: 316.64-642:37.015.4
THE ATTITUDES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN YUGOSLAVIA
TOWARDS INTRODUCTION
OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION INTO SCHOOLS
Dragan Todorović
Niš
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.
Key words: religious instruction, young people, church,
school, tolerance
STAVOVI MLADIH U JUGOSLAVIJI O UVOĐENJU
VERONAUKE U ŠKOLE
U našoj javnosti sve češće se postavlja pitanje kako deci i mladima u osnovnim,
srdnjim i visokim školama omogućiti da se što objektivnije upoznaju sa
religioznim sadržajima koji su sastavni deo verskog, kulturnog i nacionalnog
identiteta sredina u kojima žive. Formulisanje tog pitanja i pokušaj da
se na njega odgovori vrlo su različiti. U njima se ogleda veliki raspon
mišljenja: od onih prema kojima bi u školi u obzir mogla doći samo "naučna"
informacija o religiji/religijama, do onih koji se zalažu za ponovno uvođenje
"klasične" veronauke u školu. Uz osvrt na gledišta nekolicije poslenika
naučne reči, u referatu smo analizirali stavove jugoslovenskih srednjoškolaca
o uvođenju veronauke u škole. Dobijeni rezultati su deo šireg socio-empirijskog
istraživanja sprovedenog 1997. godine u više regiona na području SR Jugoslavije.
Ključne reči: veronauka, religiozno obrazovanje, mladi,
crkva, škola, tolerancija
