Christians between tradition and modern world

Čini se da nadolazi vrijeme sučeljavanja našeg društva s modernim svjetovnim idejama i ustanovama. Taj se događaj u sociologiji naziva još i modernizacijom. Naše je društvo, suprotno tome, obilježeno prije svega tradicijom, premda je preuzetno reći da u njemu uopće nema sastojaka moderniteta. Uloga religije i Crkve u tim epohalnim zbivanjima je nezamjenjiva i sudbonosna, posebice zbog povezanosti s tradicijom. U tekstu se pokušava opisati moguće alternative toga susreta, jer je očito da religija i Crkva nisu za sva vremena vezani za prošlost nego su prije svega upućeni na budućnost. Otud mogućnost spojivosti religije i moderniteta u hrvatskom društvu.It seems that cornes time of facing our societv with modern secular ideas and institutions. That event in sociologv is also called modernization. Our societv, contrarv to that, is characterized, above ali, by tradition, though is conceited to say that in it there are not components of modernism at ali. The role of religion and Church is irreplaceable and crucial in these epochal happenings, particularv because of connection with tradition and tradicio-nalism. This text trries to describe possible alternatives of that meeting, because is obvious that religion and Church are not connected on historv for ali time but they are, first of ali, directed to future. From that point there is possibility of ability to link religion and modernity in the Croatian society