Boris Latinovic,
Faculty of political science
Banja LukaRELIGION IN SPORTSummary

Sport today is multidimensional and extremely complex phenomenon. Besides the competitions themselves, the area of sports includes: social, psychological, economic, political, educational, scientific, medical, physiological, cultural, legal, religious and many other values. In this paper, we devote full impact of the presence of religion in sports. Sport is a social phenomenon, with specific social functions and as such is an expression of certain social needs. Mutual relationship of sports and religion, were the questions for their explanation must take into account the social framework and contemporary trends, dominated by industrialization and urbanization. As a religion – in contempoary society, sport...

Tamara Divljak,
Novi SadINFLUENCE OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON INTEGRATION OF BELIEVERS IN SREMSKA MITROVICASummary

Religion and religious communities, can be as a factor of integration or disintegration of communities. In this paper author starts from functionalist's theoretical approach. As a sample of function of integration there are Roman Catholic Church in Sremska Mitrovica. Orientation each to other in a religious activities in church and outside the church, lead to include individuals in religious community. Religious communities, in a base of moral and social doctrine, try to influence on believers and in society. Beside this individual field, religion influence social life and all practical life. Roman Catholic Church in Sermska Mitorovica is a good example who is minority...

Aleksandra Đurić – Milovanović
Faculty of Philosophy BelgradeMULTICULTURALISM AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM: ROMANIAN NAZARENES AS MINORITY-WITHIN-MINORITY IN VOJVODINAAbstract

In this paper we will examine the position of small religious community of Romanian Nazarenes in Vojvodina in the context of different multicultural theories. Minority religions are very often obliged to dominant political/cultural/ religious discourse. The relationship between state and authentic identities of micro-communities is very often reduced to declarative acceptance only, without any further development. The essentialization of the usual minority identities – ethnic, represents an obstacle in recognizing one different dimension of pluralistic society, dialog and tolerance in multicultural debates.

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Аna Cović
Faculty of Engineering International Management,
Belgrade

LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN FAMILY LAW IN SHARIA

Abstract

This paper will be discussed on the position of women in sharia law, especially on its position in marriage and family, about the impact of religion and customs of her social status and whether it is in an unequal position in relation to men in the Muslim world, or in relation to women from this region a privileged member of the community.

Key words: Sharia law, marital law, women, equality.

Mr Branko Bjelajac
BratislavaTHE THIRD LAUSANNE CONGRESS ON WORLD EVANGELIZATIONResume

The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization will be held this October 2010 in Cape Town in the Republic of South Africa. This Congress represents the continuation of the activities of the Lausanne movement initiated 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where the British theologian John Stott and the American evangelist Billy Graham held a Congress who delivered the Lausanne Covenant as the first statement of faith of the global Evangelical Christianity, a movement that today has hundreds of millions of members of so called free-churches, mission organizations and educational institutions. Article briefly shows foundational presuppositions for the initiation of this movement and its development to...

Marko Nikolić
BelgradeECUMENISM, ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT AND WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHESAbstract

Ecumenism is much more Western "characterized", and related to achieve integration of Christian Churches. Western "organizational" approach is criticised by Orthodox Church, that insists on implementing theological criterions of Undivided Church. The foundation of Ecumenical Movement was initiated by Protestant Church, and accepted by Orthodox one. The focal point was related to social inter–church cooperation, that was institutionalized within World Council of Churches (WCC). WCC lacks clear ecclesiological identity, implement majority vote decision making, and intends to be involved in important universal political processes. Conference of European Churches (CEC) is similar Organization...