Church, State, and Democracy in Expanding Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-533710-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stan, Lavinia

Turcescu, Lucian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements

- Chapter 1: Introduction

- Chapter 2: Bulgaria

- Chapter 3: Czech Republic

- Chapter 4: Estonia

- Chapter 5: Hungary

- Chapter 6: Latvia

- Chapter 7: Lithuania

- Chapter 8: Poland

- Chapter 9: Romania

- Chapter 10: Slovakia

- Chapter 11: Slovenia

- Conclusions

- Notes

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stan: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia University and Director of the Center for Post-Communist Studies, St. Francis Xavier University