Author: John T. S. MadeleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Special Issue on Church and State in Contemporary Europe
Author: John T. S. MadeleyChurch and State in Contemporary Europe
Author: Church and State in Contemporary Europe
Author: Zsolt EnyediPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113576140X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This volume represents an attempt in integrating a wide range of theoretically relevant issues into the identification and analysis of church-state patterns. Each chapter focuses on the analysis of a particular theme and its role in shaping, and/or being shaped by, church-state relations.
Church, State, and Democracy in Expanding Europe
Author: Lavinia StanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199714126
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu examine the relationship between religion and politics in ten former communist Eastern European countries. Contrary to widespread theories of increasing secularization, Stan and Turcescu argue that in most of these countries, the populations have shown themselves to remain religious even as they embrace modernization and democratization. Church-state relations in the new EU member states can be seen in political representation for church leaders, governmental subsidies, registration of religions by the state, and religious instruction in public schools. Stan and Turcescu outline three major models: the Czech church-state separation model, in which religion is private and the government secular; the pluralist model of Hungary, Bulgaria and Latvia, which views society as a group of complementary but autonomous spheres - for example, education, the family, and religion - each of which is worthy of recognition and support from the state; and the dominant religion model that exists in Poland, Romania, Estonia, and Lithuania, in which the government maintains informal ties to the religious majority. Church, State, and Democracy in Expanding Europe offers critical tools for understanding church-state relations in an increasingly modern and democratic Eastern Europe.
Special Issue on Church and State in Contamporary Europe
Author: Zsolt EnyediChurch and Religion in Contemporary Europe
Author: Gert PickelPublisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 9783531167480
Category : Social Science
Languages : de
Pages : 208
Book Description
Religion and Secularism in the European Union
Author: Jan NelisPublisher: Dynamiques citoyennes en Europe / Citizenship Dynamics in Europe
ISBN: 9782807603332
Category : European Union countries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book analyzes religious issues, faith-based organizations, State-Church relations and secularism in the EU. The authors develop the major themes that are relevant to their country of expertise. They show that religion, once thought to be of minor importance in a highly secular society, has made quite a vigorous political comeback.
Church and State in Contemporary Europe, the Chimera of Neutrality
Author: Zsolt EnyediPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union
Author: Lucian N. LeusteanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317990803
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
EU enlargement - to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and increasing debates on Turkey’s membership - has dramatically transformed the European Union into a multi-religious space. Religious communities are not only shaping identities but are also influential factors in political discourse. This edited volume examines the activities of religious actors in the context of supranational European institutions and the ways in which they have responded to the idea of Europe at local and international levels. By bringing together scholars working in political science, history, law and sociology, this volume analyses key religious factors in contemporary EU architecture, such as the transformation of religious identities, the role of political and religious leaders, EU legislation on religion, and, the activities of religious lobbies. This book was published as a special issue of Religion, State and Society.
A Secular Europe
Author: Lorenzo ZuccaPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191644757
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
How to accommodate diverse religious practices and laws within a secular framework is one of the most pressing and controversial problems facing contemporary European public order. In this provocative contribution to the subject, Lorenzo Zucca argues that traditional models of secularism, focusing on the relationship of state and church, are out-dated and that only by embracing a new picture of what secularism means can Europe move forward in the public reconciliation of its religious diversity. The book develops a new model of secularism suitable for Europe as a whole. The new model of secularism is concerned with the way in which modern secular states deal with the presence of diversity in the society. This new conception of secularism is more suited to the European Union whose overall aim is to promote a stable, peaceful and unified economic and political space starting from a wide range of different national experiences and perspectives. The new conception of secularism is also more suited for the Council of Europe at large, and in particular the European Court of Human Rights which faces growing demands for the recognition of freedom of religion in European states. The new model does not defend secularism as an ideological position, but aims to present secularism as our common constitutional tradition as well as the basis for our common constitutional future.