Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions? Cover Image

Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions?
Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions?

Author(s): Per Pettersson
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: State-Church relations; constitution; religion in public space; philosophies of life; secularism; secularization; public space; religious pluralism; freedom of conscience and religion

Summary/Abstract: This chapter analyses the ambiguous presence of religious agents as service providers in Swedish state institutions, which are supposed to be secular; hospitals, prisons, the military and public schools.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 23-42
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English