Abstract
The present study is a Romanian contribution to the general question of how high-school learners react to the complex relationships between religion and human rights. A major emphasis is placed on the specificity of Romania as a post-totalitarian, post-atheistic space. We explore various answers in regard to the influence of religion on political and judicial rights. There are two layers of questions being assessed. At one level, we measure the religiosity of our group, both in content (beliefs), and in behaviour (practice of rites). We also explored their understanding of and support for human rights. At another level, we unpacked connections between religious beliefs and behaviours and their understanding of human rights. We are interested to see in what ways, if any, religiosity influences their views on and support for political and judicial rights. The Questionnaire on Human Rights and Religion was applied to a group of 681 students (16–18 years old) in some of the best schools of the capital cities of the Regional Development Areas of Romania (i.e. secondary schools with highest academic performance according to the 2015 Governmental National Classification). We found a significant openness towards respecting human rights and a decreasing interest on religious issues/perspectives related to a more fundamentalist inclination. However, it is difficult to predict if this is also accompanied by a decrease in interest on religion/religious issues in general.
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