Sociologizing religious freedom: comparative study of attitudes among young people in Belarus and Lithuania

This paper suggests comparative analysis of attitudes toward religious freedom among young people in two different political and religious contexts in Belarus and Lithuania. The aim of the research is to understand whether belonging to religious, non-religious, and religious in general sense groups as well as to majority/ minority religions together with the religiosity of young people have a significant influence on considering the value of religious freedom. The paper brings evidence that religiosity, satisfaction with the state of democracy, and secularism pattern predict the religious freedom attitudes, while belonging to majority/minority religious groups does not contribute to the different perception of religious freedom in Belarus and Lithuania.