Law and Religion in Post-Communist Europe

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Author: S. Ferrari

ISBN-10: 9042912626

ISBN-13: 9789042912625

Category: General & Miscellaneous Religion

This book is the first comprehensive description of the Church-State systems that are in force in the post-Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The reports it contains are structured along similar lines, so that analogies and differences of the national legal systems can easily be identified and no significant profile of Church and State relations is overlooked. After a short historical and sociological introduction, each report deals with issues like registration of religious...

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This book is the first comprehensive description of the Church-State systems that are in force in the post-Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The reports it contains are structured along similar lines, so that analogies and differences of the national legal systems can easily be identified and no significant profile of Church and State relations is overlooked. After a short historical and sociological introduction, each report deals with issues like registration of religious organizations, financing of Churches, religious education in public schools, etc (Peeters 2003)

Preface5Introduction : religious freedom in the process of democratization of Central and Eastern European states7Church and state in Albania23Church and state in Bulgaria37Church and state in Croatia57Church and state in the Czech Republic81Church and state in Estonia99Church and state in Hungary121Church and state in Latvia141Church and state in Lithuania177Church and state in Macedonia197Church and state in Poland215Church and state in Romania239Church and state in Russia261Law and church-state relations in Russia : position of the Orthodox church, public discussion and the impact of foreign experience281Church and state in Serbia295Church and state in Slovakia311Church and state in Slovenia327Church and state in Ukraine355Church and state in the lander of the former German democratic republic383Conclusion : church and state in post-communist Europe411