Religious Communities And Civil Society In Europe

Author : Rupert Graf Strachwitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110673081

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Religious Communities and Civil Society in Europe by Rupert Graf Strachwitz Pdf

The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in 2 volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. 2 provides some theoretical aspects, a report on the final conference, and case studies from Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the Ukraine, as well as a special chapter on Brazil and a Note on Religious Political Ideology.

Author : Rupert Strachwitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110645880

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Analyses and Perspectives on a Complex Interplay by Rupert Strachwitz Pdf

The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in two volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. I provides an introduction and looks at cases in Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as chapters on legal issues and data, and comprehensive bibliography.

Author : Graf Rupert Strachwitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1199765689

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Religious Communities and Civil Society in Europe by Graf Rupert Strachwitz Pdf

Author : Joep de Hart,Paul Dekker,Loek Halman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400768154

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Religion and Civil Society in Europe by Joep de Hart,Paul Dekker,Loek Halman Pdf

Religion is back again in Europe after never having been gone. It is manifest in the revival of religious institutions and traditions in former communist countries, in political controversies about the relationship between the church(es) and the state and about the freedom of religion and the freedom to criticize religion, and in public unease about religious minorities. This book is about religion and civil society in Europe. It moves from general theoretical and normative approaches of this relationship, via the examination of national patterns of religion-state relations, to in-depth analyses of the impact of religion and secularization on the values, pro-social attitudes and civic engagement of individuals. It covers Europe from the Lutheran North to the Catholic South, and from the secularized West to the Orthodox East and Islamic South-East with comparative analyses and country studies, concluding with an overall Europe-USA comparison.

Author : David Herbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351905213

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Religion and Civil Society by David Herbert Pdf

This book presents the first full-length study of the relationship between religion and the controversial concept of civil society. Across the world in the last two decades of the twentieth century religions re-entered public space as influential discursive and symbolic systems apparently beyond the control of either traditional religious authorising institutions or states. This differentiation of religion from traditional institutions and entry into secular public spheres carries both dangers and possible benefits for democracy. Offering a fresh interdisciplinary approach to understanding religion in contemporary societies, this book provides an invaluable resource for students and researchers in religious studies, sociology, politics and political philosophy, theology, international relations and legal studies. Part one presents a critical introduction to the interaction between religion, modernization and postmodernization in Western and non-Western settings (America, Europe, the Middle East and India), focussing on discourses of human rights, civil society and the public sphere, and the controversial question of their cross-cultural application. Part two examines religion and civil society through case studies of Egypt, Bosnia and Muslim minorities in Britain, and compares Poland as an example of a Christian majority society that has experienced the public reassertion of religion.

Author : Miguel Glatzer,Paul Christopher Manuel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030447076

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Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare by Miguel Glatzer,Paul Christopher Manuel Pdf

This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism, and with varied numbers of adherents, might contribute to welfare services in a new political regime with freedom of religion. Put another way, what new pressures would be placed on the secular welfare state if religious organizations (Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, others) simply stopped offering their services? By examining public perceptions of the church, changing dynamics of religiosity, and church-state-civil society relations, the volume places these issues in context.

Author : Lucian N. Leustean,John T.S. Madeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317990802

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Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union by Lucian N. Leustean,John T.S. Madeley Pdf

EU enlargement - to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and increasing debates on Turkey’s membership - has dramatically transformed the European Union into a multi-religious space. Religious communities are not only shaping identities but are also influential factors in political discourse. This edited volume examines the activities of religious actors in the context of supranational European institutions and the ways in which they have responded to the idea of Europe at local and international levels. By bringing together scholars working in political science, history, law and sociology, this volume analyses key religious factors in contemporary EU architecture, such as the transformation of religious identities, the role of political and religious leaders, EU legislation on religion, and, the activities of religious lobbies. This book was published as a special issue of Religion, State and Society.

Author : András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110228120

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Focus on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe by András Máté-Tóth,Gergely Rosta Pdf

Different religious groups in Central and Eastern Europe influenced societies in the region after the fall of Communism and continue to play a crucial role in culture, politics, social networks and value transformations. As part of the REVACERN (Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network) project – supported by the EU Sixth Framework Program – more than 70 researchers from 15 countries in the region analyzed and discussed the most important trends in values, religions and religious communities and presented their findings in a comparative way. They tested well-known theories of secularization, nationalism, democracy and pluralism in the colorful region Central and Eastern Europe. This book summarizes their most important findings in seven chapters, addressing religion and its entanglements with geography, values, nationalism, Orthodoxy, education, legal regulation, civil society, social networks, new religious movements and new forms of religiosity. Each chapter also provides a regional overview.

Author : G. Clarke,M. Jennings,T. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230371262

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Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations by G. Clarke,M. Jennings,T. Shaw Pdf

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned development policy and practice in the North.

Author : Molokotos-Liederman, Lina,Grace Davie,Anders Backstrom
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447318972

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Religion and Welfare in Europe by Molokotos-Liederman, Lina,Grace Davie,Anders Backstrom Pdf

Religion and Welfare in Europe examines social change in Europe in recent years and how it relates to religion, minority populations, and gender, and their interacting effects on inclusion and conflict. Bringing together international experts in a wide range of fields, the book looks closely at various practices of social service provision in a number of different countries, exploring links between values, welfare, and social change, with particular attention to changes brought about by recent austerity measures.

Author : Lucian Turcescu,Lavinia Stan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030560638

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Churches, Memory and Justice in Post-Communism by Lucian Turcescu,Lavinia Stan Pdf

This book is the first to systematically examine the connection between religion and transitional justice in post-communism. There are four main goals motivating this book: 1) to explain how civil society (groups such as religious denominations) contribute to transitional justice efforts to address and redress past dictatorial repression; 2) to ascertain the impact of state-led reckoning programs on religious communities and their members; 3) to renew the focus on the factors that determine the adoption (or rejection) of efforts to reckon with past human rights abuses in post-communism; and 4) to examine the limitations of enacting specific transitional justice methods, programs and practices in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union countries, whose democratization has differed in terms of its nature and pace. Various churches and their relationship with the communist states are covered in the following countries: Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus.

Author : Wallace L. Daniel
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781603445399

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The Orthodox Church and Civil Society in Russia by Wallace L. Daniel Pdf

"In the void left by the fall of Communism in Russia during the late twentieth century, can that country establish a true civil society? Many scholars have analyzed the political landscape to answer this question, but in The Orthodox Church and Civil Society in Russia, Wallace L. Daniel offers a unique perspective: within the church are individuals who hold the values and institutional models that can be vital in determining the direction of Russia in the twenty-first century. What the "tireless workers" of the church are doing and whether they will succeed in building a new cultural infrastructure are questions of crucial importance." "Daniel tells the stories of a teacher and controversial parish priest, the leader of Russia's most famous women's monastery, a newspaper editor, and a parish priest at Moscow University to explore thoroughly and with a human voice the transformation from Communist country to a new social order, focusing on normal, everyday realities. Unlike other scholars, who have concentrated on government and politics or looked only within the church's Moscow patriarchy, Daniel explores specific religious communities and the way they operate, their efforts to rebuild parish life, and the individuals who have devoted themselves to such goals. This is the level, Daniel shows, at which the reconstruction of Russia and the revitalization of Russian society is taking place." "This book is written for general readers interested in the intersection between politics, religion, and society, as well as for scholars. The subject and the approach cut across several disciplines: area and cultural studies, history, political science, and religious studies."--Jacket

Author : François Foret,Xabier Itçaina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136636417

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Politics of Religion in Western Europe by François Foret,Xabier Itçaina Pdf

Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of political science and to re-examine key concepts, such as democracy, securitization, foreign policy analysis, and international relations. The secularization of Europe is often understood according to the concept of ‘multiple modernities’—the idea that there may be several roads to modernity, which do not all mean the eradication of religion. This framework provides support for the view that different traditions, societies and groups can come to terms with the components of modernity (capitalism, democracy, human rights, science and reason) while keeping in touch with their religious background, faith and practice. Contributors examine the interaction between EU-integration processes and Western European countries, such as Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Scandinavia, Italy, and the UK, and shine fresh light on the economic and cultural contexts brought about by relationships between politics and religion, including immigrant religions and new religious movements. This volume combines theoretical perspectives from political sociology and international relations to consider the role of religion as a source of power, identity and ethics in institutions and societies. Politics of Religion in Western Europe will be of interest to scholars of politics, religion, the European Union and political sociology.

Author : Regina Polak,Patrick Rohs
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031313646

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Values – Politics – Religion: The European Values Study by Regina Polak,Patrick Rohs Pdf

This open access book analyses the international data of the European Values Study (EVS 1990 - 2017), with a focus on the impact of religious on political values from empirical as well as theoretical perspectives, i.e. sociology, political and cultural studies, philosophy, ethics, theology and the law. It interprets results from interdisciplinary perspectives, including the viewpoints of social ethics, sociology and cultural studies, law and practical theology. In the political and public as well as media debates of the European Union, the recourse to (above all "European" and also "Christian") values has played a central and controversial role in the field of politics and religion for several decades. This collection is a contribution to a qualified discourse on values in Europe by providing empirical, hermeneutical and ethical criteria for a responsible use of the concept of values. In addition to a comparison of political value systems in Western and Eastern Europe and the possible role of religion in this context, the book also deals with topics such as, f.i., solidarity, economics and values, value formation, and law and values. Additionally, specific population groups such as the socio-culturally marginalized strata are examined more closely. Besides current scientific analyses and interpretations of interest to researchers from various disciplines, this book also offers valuable impulses and suggestions for various multipliers in political, civil society and religious organisations, as well as a sound overview for graduate students.

Author : Miroslav Polzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : UVA:X030338055

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Religion and European Integration by Miroslav Polzer Pdf