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Religion and state in the candidate countries to the European Union

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by Balazs Schanda Issues concerning religion and state in Hungary ECCLESIASTICAL SITUATION OF THE CANDIDATE COUNTRIES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION At present there are 12 countries that are candidates for inclusion in the European Union. Negotiations were opened with the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia in 1998, after the Luxembourg European … [Read more...] about Religion and state in the candidate countries to the European Union

Religious Freedom and New Religious Movements in Europe

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by Merudevi Dasi IntroductionEveryone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This is guaranteed in several legal documents, most importantly in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) (UDHR) and in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). … [Read more...] about Religious Freedom and New Religious Movements in Europe

Secularization in a Context of Advanced Modernity

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by Liliane Voye As described by Dobbelaere (1981), secularization - considered as a process on the macro-level - is in general still an unquestionable fact in Europe. Functional differentiation is persisting; the organized world is based on impersonal roles and on contractual patterns. The privatization of religion signifies not only that institutional religion loses its … [Read more...] about Secularization in a Context of Advanced Modernity

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