Analysis of Catholic Religious Instruction Textbooks in Croatian Primary Schools: How Do They Teach Atheism?

Abstract

The change in the position of religion and religious communities in Croatia after the 1990s has been followed by a considerable increase in declared religiosity. The high level of declared Catholics together with the high level of religious identification, and religious belief, practice points to a highly visible trend towards the desecularization and revitalization of religiosity after the fall of communism. Such a trend places Croatia among the countries with the highest level of religiosity in Europe, behind Poland, Romanian Transylvania, Malta, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland.