Since the Middle Ages the relationship between religion and
politics has been one of the great themes of European politics. The
path followed by European societies and states can very largely be
read as a history of the forms this tense relationship took and of
the problems it raised. Central to them, since the period of the
Reformation at least, was the problem of how society and government
dealt with religious and confessional pluralism. Even today --
especially in respect of the increasing number of Muslim
fellow-citizens in the European Union -- this theme has
considerable significance, even if it manifests itself in various
different ways in each particular country.
The Prince Albert Society (Coburg) and The Centre for the
History of Religions, Inter-Faith Dialogue and Pluralism
(Leicester) address the history of the problematic relationship
between religion and politics and the treatment of religious
pluralism in politics, state and society. Taking Britain and
Germany as examples, both historical and contemporary aspects of
this theme are discussed. Five areas of interest offer a
comparative perspective from a British and a German point of view.
The themes are defined by various epochs which range from the
period of the Reformation up to the present: state and church,
tolerance and politics, colonialism and mission, totalitarianism
and antisemitism, and co-existence today. Two essays present a
historical survey over a long period of the past and offer the
prospect on probable future developments in the 21st century.
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