CHURCH AND STATE IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

THE CHIRMERA OF NEUTRALITY

Frank Cass

Editörler:

John T.S. MADELEY, Zsolt ENYEDI

İçindekiler:

Europen Liberal Democracy And Principle Of State Religious Neutrality
A Framework Fort The Comparitive Analysis Of Church – State Relations İn Europe
Churc – State Separation Swedish – Style
The Illusion Of State Neutrality İn A Secularising Ireland
The Italian State: No Longer Catholic, No Longer Christian
Orthodoxy And Nationalism İn The Greek Case
Catholicism And Democratic Consolidation İn Spain And Poland
The Contested Politics Of Positive Neutrality İn Hungary
The Catholic Church And Civil Society: Demokratic Options İn The Post – Communist Czech Republic
The Policy Inpact Of Church – State Relations: Family Policy And Abortion İn Britain, France And Germany
Conclusion: Emerging Issues İn The Study Of Church – State Relations

Tanıtım Yazısı:

This volume represents an attempt at integrating a wide range of theoretically relevant issues into the identification and analysis of church – state patterns. Confessional heritage, national identity, the embeddedness of churches in civil society, formal and informal aspects of state religious neutrality ( and its limits ), secularisation, the religious appeals of parties, and public policy formation in sensitive areas constitute the major contextual variables. Each chapter, in addition to discussing recent developments in a particular country or region of Europe, focuses on the analysis of one or other of the above – mentioned themes and its role in shapping and/or being shaped by, church – state relations.