Law and Religion in Europe. A Comparative Introduction
Compared with other continents, Europe is a special case when it comes to the issue of law, church, and religion. The Constantinian model from the fourth century established a very close relationship between state and church, and European history has been shaped by the ongoing cooperation and tensio...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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| In: |
A journal of church and state
Year: 2012, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 463-465 |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | Compared with other continents, Europe is a special case when it comes to the issue of law, church, and religion. The Constantinian model from the fourth century established a very close relationship between state and church, and European history has been shaped by the ongoing cooperation and tension between state and church: the worldly power and the religious power. What makes Europe European is, among other things, the idea of Machtkritik (critique of power) produced by the ongoing struggle between the secular and the religious sphere in European society. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/css073 |
