Croatia

Dinka Marinović Jerolimov, PhD and Nikolina Hazdovac Bajić, PhD are the authors of the chapter “Croatia“, published in “East Asian Religiosities in the European Union: Globalisation, Migration, and Hybridity. Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society” (Eds. Pokorny, Dessì and Cox) by Brill-Schöningh, Leiden.

Abstract: East Asian religious communities in Croatia are very few in number. Although there is a substantial body of literature dealing with Asian religions from theoretical, descriptive, and comparative perspectives, there is a lack of interest in East Asian religions specifically, some research on Buddhist communities aside. This chapter provides insights into existing data on several communities present in Croatia for a longer period of time. These groups influence various aspects of social and individual life (sport, “well-being culture”, unconventional medicine and official societies that promote cultural, scientific and economic cooperation with Croatia). Recently, a great number of migrants to Croatia from East Asia have led scholars to explore their religious life. Thus far we have found that these migrants are not organised into religious communities and that their religious life takes place in the private sphere.

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