Religion and Public Order in Modern Nation-States: Institutional Varieties and Contemporary Transformations

摘要: The political significance of religion is back on the agenda interdisciplinary academic debate. One does not need to recall world-wide rise Christian, Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism, intensification religious nationalism in South Asia, dynamics religiously legitimated ethnic conflict find evidence that continues be strongly influential modern society. Even within many seemingly “secularized” Western countries, new forms politics recognition have emerged which merit closer attention. It indeed hard a country witnessing public debates over symbols (headscarves, crucifixes etc.), constitutional conflicts Church-State relations controversies accommodation minorities.