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Kirche und Staat in Deutschland, Frankreich und den USA: Geschichte und Gegenwart einer spannungsreichen Beziehung; XIV. Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Vorlesung 2010 in Mainz
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Abstract The contributions of this volume are written from a historical perspective and look at the specific form the relationship between church and state took in three different countries, with special attention being paid to their respective strengths and weaknesses.The separation of church and state is o... view more
The contributions of this volume are written from a historical perspective and look at the specific form the relationship between church and state took in three different countries, with special attention being paid to their respective strengths and weaknesses.The separation of church and state is one of the most important advances of modern times. Yet Germany, France and the United States took very different routes to achieving this. The present situation is full of questions that were approached in the papers given at the 14th Dietrich Bonhoeffer Lecture Series 2010 in Mainz and were answered from various perspectives. How and for what reason did these very different models come to be? What are their respective strengths and weaknesses? More recently, these questions have again cropped up in the discussion surrounding the role of Islam in Western societies.... view less
Keywords
national state-church; historical development; laicism; secularization; state church; religious community; canonical or ecclesiastical law; religious freedom; France; United States of America; Germany; German Reich; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
General History
Document language
German
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
City
Göttingen
Page/Pages
175 p.
Series
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz, Beihefte, 89
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13109/9783666101113
ISSN
2197-1048
ISBN
978-3-666-10111-3
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0