DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, FACULTY OF ARTS, CONSTANTINE THE PHILOSOPHER UNIVERSITY IN NITRA

In Slovakia, according to the last census, about 15.0% of people do not identify with any church or religious group. P. M. Zulehner argues that attempts are being made to portray this type of people as “unbelievers”, but a few sociologists could possibly say what that “unbelief ” actually means, as it is defined only in the categories of rejection of the official religious organizations. In the outlined context, the presented sociological study seeks to approach the phenomenon of believing without belonging (concept of G. Davie) among Slovak youth. The author asks and tries to answer the question: What does a youth who does not identify with any church or religious group believe in? The conclusions rely mainly on researches of the religiosity of youth in the regions of Spiš, Liptov and Orava, in which around 10.0% of young people do not identify with any religious organisation. The study focuses mainly on less official resp. formal religious dimensions – e.g. religious experience, acceptance of religious doctrine, acceptance of religious morality, etc.believing without belonging, religious affiliation, religious faith, youth

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