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This paper aims to analyse the possible influence of politics on the ethnic, linguistic, and religious distinctiveness of Montenegrins in relation to Serbs. The influence of politics on the ethnic distinctiveness of Montenegrins has especially been active since the beginning of the 21st century; hence this period represents the main time frame of the analysis. Since the difference between Montenegrins and Serbs is very blurred in terms of ethnic, linguistic, and religious distinctiveness, one of the hypotheses we argue in this paper is about politics, which appears as the main factor that dictates the differences between these two peoples in Montenegro. Consequently, the next hypothesis we argue about is the increased political differences between Serbia and Montenegro, the widened gap between ethnic Montenegrins and Serbs, the increased number of Serbs, and the reduced number of Montenegrins. On the other hand, while harmonious relations between Serbia and Montenegro prevailed and the difference between ethnic Serbs and Montenegrins was not politically encouraged, the number of Montenegrins increased, and the number of Serbs in Montenegro decreased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first part of the paper, we compendiously paid attention to the essential difference between men and women, and then we made a short theoretical framework on the theories and processes of secularization. With the help of certain empirical indicators, we comparatively paid attention to the assessment of religiosity on the basis of gender1 during real socialism and in the first decade of the 21st century. We noted the growth and neutralization of religiosity on the basis of gender structure. The second part of the article presents an analysis of research from 2010 based on gender differences and on example of the young in Montenegro. On the basis of a descriptive analysis, the research confirmed that the difference between men and women in religiosity has disappeared. Moreover, the members of the male population were more religious than women in some indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we intend to look back at three most common religions in Montenegro (the Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Islamic Religious Community) from the point of tolerance, emphasizing the influence of religion on the development of tolerance since 1991. Therefore, after the revitalization of religion and the collapse of socialism in these regions in the early nineties, there comes to frantic suffering of the tolerance by returning the religion on the social scene and the freedom of religion -- guaranteed by the Edict of Milan so that everyone can be a follower of any religion they want. Therefore, the true freedom of religion has been returned but the inter-religious tolerance has been abolished. In the second part of the paper, the role, importance and meaning of the religion after the restoration of independence in 2006 are emphasized. Also, it is noticeable that the registration of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church in 2000 greatly influences the spirit of tolerance among the Orthodox population in Montenegro. In this section we briefly analyzed some legal norms regulating the legal status of reli-gious communities and their relation with the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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