ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the situation of religious minorities in contemporary Lithuania. Focusing on the so-called non-traditional religious minorities, the author analyses changes in the religious field of Lithuania since the 1990s. The chapter is based on the analysis of the data from the national censuses of 2001 and 2011 and of a survey of members of religious minorities that was conducted in 2012 (N = 370). What are the changes within statistical data about religious minorities? Which of the religions were successful and which failed? Which phenomena of alternative religions are not visible from statistical data and why? What are the relations of religious minorities with Lithuanian society? The results of the survey show that members of religious minorities experience religious discrimination. The analysis of the situation of religious minorities in Lithuania leads author to the conclusion that these groups are silenced and not considered to be participants of equal value in the religious field, despite an increasing diversity among them and the amazing growth of some of them.
