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This text highlights key aspects of the religion/church-state relationship/debate, and related hitherto marginal topics. The contributions make clear that there is no clear blueprint for an optimal relationship between religion/church and state. Individual states and countries are analysed on the granular level for example, to address mono-religious against poly-religious as well as secular societies. Among others, chapters address education, migration and politics against religion as well as the effect of LGBTQ+ communities on religion and societies. This collected volume appeals to researchers, and students working in religious studies and political science.
List of contents
The Religion-State relation as problem and prospect.- Religious Freedom and the Relationship between State and Religion.- State-Religion Separation in the Multireligious Context of Indian Democracy: An Empirical Study.- Freedom of religion and German law governing the relationship between organised religion and the state.- Human Rights and State Funding for Religions in Belgium: on the Road to the Dutch Model?.- Two authorities and one man - A philosophical-theological Reflection in the Context of Poland.- Tenacious and elusive: religion-state ties in the Greek educational domain.- State-Religion Separation among Muslims in Turkey: Theory and Empirical Findings.- Understanding of Turkish Secularism in Terms of Freedom of Religion: Example of Compulsory Religious Education in Schools.- The role of human rights education in moving towards a state-rights-religion relationship in place-space-time. A study in The Netherlands and South Africa.- Democratic and Inclusive Religious Education in the Secular State - the Case of Sweden.- Human rights and religion-state relations, with reference to migration in the Mexico-United States region.- The Right to Life and Cybersecurity in Poland: a challenging field for state-religion relations.- Human Rights and the separation between State and Religion in Africa: the case of Ghana.
About the author
Francis Vincent Anthony is Professor of Practical Theology at the Salesian Pontifical University, Rome. His area of interest has been empirical-theological research in inculturation, interreligious dialogue, interculturality and youth ministry. He has been an active contributor to the international research programme "Religion and Human Rights".
Hans-Georg Ziebertz is Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at the Faculty of Theology of Würzburg University. From 2007-2009 he was Dean of the Faculty of Theology, from 2006-2010 President of the International Society of Empirical Research in Theology (ISERT), and from 2012-2018 head of the research programme "Religion and Human Rights" with participants in about 30 countries.
