Church, State, and Democracy in Expanding Europe (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Religion and Global Politics
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Lavinia Stan (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Post-Communist Studies) • Lucian Turcescu (Graduate Program Director and Professor of Historical Theology)
Dimensions:	239 x 153 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-533710-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	0-19-533710-7
Barcode:	9780195337105

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