Religiozita je časovo a priestorovo podmienený kľúčový sociálny fenomén s veľkou vnútornou variabilitou. V článku sa zameriavame na výber najvýznamnejších ukazovateľov prejavov tohto javu v slovenskej spoločnosti. Prostredníctvom časových štatistických údajov s náznakmi niektorých štruktúrnych rozdielov v súčasnosti, poukazujeme na dynamiku a veľkú priestorovú diverzifikáciu konfesionálnych pomerov na Slovensku. Výrazným formujúcim faktorom boli aj politické rámce regulujúce náboženský život-vzťahy štátu a cirkví, ktorých variabilita v kontexte spoločensko-politických zmien bola nezanedbateľným determinantom vývoja religiozity a náboženského života. V analýze religiozity naznačujeme aj vnútorné aspekty religiozity meranej výberovými zisťovaniami poukazujúcich na pestrosť vnútorných prejavov viery a jej odlišnosti v porovnaní s meraním konfesionality v sčítaniach obyvateľstva.
In Central Europe, the role of religion in the creation of modern states has had many guises. In some predominantly Catholic countries, religious minorities have been an important source for national movements that sought emancipation from dominant political rule, which was often connected with the dominant (Catholic) religion. The article is focused on the case of Slovakia, where Lutherans, in spite of making up only a small proportion of the Slovak population, have been one of the two fundamental sources of the national movement for the last two centuries. It shows how the contemporary character of the state, society, and national identity and its relation to religion is influenced by the bi-confessionalism (dualism) of the Slovak national movement that was initiated by Slovak Lutherans in the eighteenth century. Although the Lutheran religious minority has been disappearing since 1990, the article shows how its heritage is still present in the character of contemporary institutions of national tradition and identity.
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