摘要：In this paper the author presents theoretical, empirical and conceptual guidelines of the research »Social and Religious Changes in Croatia« carried out in Croatia in 2004 on the representative sample of the adult population (N=2220) of the Republic of Croatia. The subject of the research was the most widely spread traditional church religiosity and the starting point of the research was a substantive definition of religion as a system of ideas, beliefs, values and practice related to a supranatural, transcendental (being), superhuman and mystic power that is also experienced as sacred. Pursuant to the definition the multidimensional approach was applied, so in the operationalization and the analysis it was used the five dimensional Glock's model in order to get an insight into the differences of the respondents in the religious-structural and value aspect, and through the analysis of socio-demographic characteristics, in the socio-structural aspect as well.
关键词：social changes; religious changes; religion; church; traditional church religiosity; theoretical-hypothetic framework
