STATE – CHURCH RELATIONSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT
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28 March 2026
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15 March 2016
Abstract
WESTPHALIAN MODEL OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE IT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL BEING STRENGTHENED BY CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, EVEN IF SECULARISM HAS BECOME MUCH STRONGER THAN BEFORE. A FUTURE MASSIVE WORLD WAR WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE A RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION, BUT PARTICIPANTS WILL WITH WELL-DEFINED RELIGIOUS CHOICES, UNDERLINING THE OVERALL EFFECTS OF RELIGION. THE RETURN TO RELIGION IT IS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY AND FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE POWER BY EXPLOITING HATE OR LOVE, PROMOTING VIOLENCE OR PEACE. AFTER 1989, IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE REFORMULATION OF S TATE - CHURCH RELATIONS INVOLVES HUGE TRANSFORMATIONS. THE ABSENCE OF STRUCTURES TO MATERIALISE THE DECLARED IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION IN FOREIGN POLICY STRIVES TO CHARACTERISE RELIGION AS “DEPENDENT” RATHER THAN A “VARIABLE” OF THE POLITICAL DECISIONS OF FO REIGN POLICY OR THERE IS A HIDDEN ISLAMIC AGENDA. IT FINDS AN ISLAMIC BASE INTERNAL MOBILISATION AND A RETURN TO CERTAIN FOREIGN POLICY CONSTANTS OF THE PAST.
Keywords
WESTPHALIAN MODEL
STATE - CHURCH RELATIONS
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