STATE - CHURCH RELATIONSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT
STATE - CHURCH RELATIONSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT

Summary/Abstract: WESTPHALIAN MODEL OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE IT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL BEING STRENGTHENED BY CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, EVEN IF SECULARISM HAS BECOME MUCHSTRONGER THAN BEFORE.A FUTURE MASSIVE WORLD WAR WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE A RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION, BUTPARTICIPANTS WILL WITH WELL-DEFINED RELIGIOUS CHOICES, UNDERLINING THE OVERALL EFFECTSOF RELIGION.THE RETURN TO RELIGION IT IS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY AND FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS ANOPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE POWER BY EXPLOITING HATE OR LOVE, PROMOTING VIOLENCE ORPEACE.AFTER 1989, IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE REFORMULATION OF STATE - CHURCH RELATIONSINVOLVES HUGE TRANSFORMATIONS. THE ABSENCE OF STRUCTURES TO MATERIALISE THE DECLARED IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION INFOREIGN POLICY STRIVES TO CHARACTERISE RELIGION AS “DEPENDENT” RATHER THAN A“VARIABLE” OF THE POLITICAL DECISIONS OF FOREIGN POLICY OR THERE IS A HIDDEN ISLAMICAGENDA. IT FINDS AN ISLAMIC BASE INTERNAL MOBILISATION AND A RETURN TO CERTAIN FOREIGNPOLICY CONSTANTS OF THE PAST.

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