The Church and Formation in Croatia. Resarch for the European Comparative Studies

Članak je hrvatski prilog za komparativnu europsku studiju među jedanaest zemalja na temelju pilo tistraživanja u pitanju Crkve i odgoja u Europi u okviru znanstvenoga projekta: Crkva - društvo - država u Europi. Zbog komparativnoga postupka svi prilozi, pa tako i hrvatski prilog, slijede istu strukturu, u četiri dijela. Prvi dio obuhvaća opće podatke koji su važni za razumijevanje Crkve i odgoja u Hrvatskoj: sažeti prikaz odnosa Crkve i države u pitanju odgoja i obrazovanja od utemeljenja hrvatske države do danas; konfesionalni sastav naroda i fenomen procesa suvremene dekristianizacije s fenomenom religioznoga i crkvenoga buđenja. Drugi dio raspravlja o pravnim osnovama i pitanjima financiranja odgoja i obrazovanja, i o problemima koji su s tim pitanjima povezani. Radi se o ljudskim pravima, individualnim i korporativnim religioznim slobodama, te o odnosu Crkve i države, kako na razini Ustava i zakona tako i u okviru međunarodnih ugovora. U kritičkom osvrtu dolazi do izražaja pitanje koliko je u praksi ostvareno ono što je pravno deklarirano. Treći dio obrađuje stav Crkve prema njezinom poslanju i zalaganju na području odgoja i obrazovanja i opisuje posebni profil katoličke škole na svim stupnjevima nacionalnoga sustava u teoriji i praksi; u tom kontekstu, na temelju empirijskih istraživanja, identificiraju se pozitivni rezultati i najvažniji problemi. Zatim se opisuje koncepcija vjerskoga odgoja i školskoga vjeronauka s postojećim stanjem praktičnoga provođenja i prihvaćenosti s prikazom empirijskih istraživanja. Polazeći od problema u kojem se nalazi suvremeno hrvatsko društvo, u zaključnom četvrtom dijelu, članak ističe opciju za odgoj i obrazovanje koja proizlazi iz same naravi Crkve. Tim zaključnim odgovorom članak se na neki način vraća na temeljno pitanje istraživanja: Koliko dinamični (i problemski) suodnos Crkve - društva - države Hrvatske pruža mogućnosti za crkveni rad na području odgoja i obrazovanja.This article is the Croatian contribution to the European Comparative Studies that is being carried out in eleven other countries on the basis of a pilot project regarding the Church and formation in Europe in the framework of the project: Church - Society - State in Europe. Because of the comparative approach, all of the articles, including the Croatian one, follow the same structure of four parts. The first part contains general information that is important for understanding the Church and formation in Croatia: a summary of Church-State relations regarding formation and education, from the founding of the Croatian State to present; a denominational breakdown of the people and the contemporary phenomenon of de-christianization and the recent religious and church awakening. The second part discusses some legal and financing questions regarding formation and education, and all of the problems related to these questions. This refers to human rights, individual and corporate religious freedoms and Church-State relations on the level of the Constitution and legal code and in the framework of international treaties. In the critique there is an analysis of the extent in which the legal declarations are placed into practice. The third part deals with the Church\u27s stand regarding its mission and outreach in the areas of formation and education and there is a theoretical and practical profile of the Catholic schools at all levels of the national system; In that context, on the basis of empirical research, the positive results and the most significant problems are identified. Furthermore, on the basis of empirical research there is an analysis of the conceptions oreligious formation and school religion, highlighting the results of its implementation and acceptance. Taking into consideration the problems that contemporary Croatia is facing, in the concluding fourth part, the article emphasizes the option of formation and education that flows from the nature of the Church. With this concluding answer the article returns to the fundamental question of this research: How does the dynamic (and problematic) cooperation of the Church-society-Croatian State offer possiblities for Church ministry in the area of formation and education