Church and State in Contemporary Europe: The Chimera of NeutralityJohn T. S. Madeley, Zsolt Enyedi This volume represents an attempt in integrating a wide range of theoretically relevant issues into the identification and analysis of church-state patterns. Each chapter focuses on the analysis of a particular theme and its role in shaping, and/or being shaped by, church-state relations. |
Contents
European Liberal Democracy and the Principle of State Religious Neutrality | 1 |
A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of ChurchState Relations in Europe | 23 |
ChurchState Separation SwedishStyle | 51 |
The Illusion of State Neutrality in a Secularising Ireland | 73 |
No Longer Catholic no Longer Christian | 95 |
Orthodoxy and Nationalism in the Greek Case | 117 |
Catholicism and Democratic Consolidation in Spain and Poland | 137 |
The Contested Politics of Positive Neutrality in Hungary | 157 |
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