- 200 pages
- English
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About this book
"...a clear, consistent, and powerful reflection on how a modern democratic constitutional state should deal with religion at the beginning of the 21st century and with the social and political issues in which religion plays a role..." --Jan Figel, Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU ***What room should be granted to controversial statements and expressions about faith? Should the state subsidize the building of places of worship? How much loyalty to the state can be demanded of religions? Under what circumstances may the state and religious communities work together to reach a common goal? What does equal treatment of religions mean today? The debate on the relationship between the state and religion is proceeding at full speed and at great intensity. Classic principles-such as the separation of church and state and the freedom of religion-are shared by all but no longer seem to offer any anchorage. A new view giving new direction and orientation is needed. This book is intended to contribute to that vision. It explores the foundations on which the relation between the state and religion must be built, and the consequences this has for the attitude of the state toward religion in concrete issues facing the Netherlands at the beginning of the 21st century. The results are translated into concrete recommendations. [Subject: Constitutional Law, Religious Freedom, Separation of Church & State, Dutch Law]
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Table of contents
- PRAISE
- BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST DUTCH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND DUTCH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2 RELIGION: JUST A PRIVATE AFFAIR?
- CHAPTER 3 FREEDOM IN CONTEXT: CITIZEN, SOCIETY, AND STATE
- CHAPTER 4 RECOGNITION OF RELIGIONS: DEEP STRUCTURES IN THE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL STATE
- CHAPTER 5 FINANCIAL RELATIONS: BEYOND THE WELFARE STATE
- CHAPTER 6 EQUAL TREATMENT: TO EACH HIS OWN
- CHAPTER 7 LIMITATIONS: THE ART OF LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION
- CHAPTER 8 CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS AND EXPRESSIONS: FREEDOM, RESPECT, TABOOS AND VALUES
- CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION: DISTANCE AND INVOLVEMENT
- CHAPTER 10 RECOMMENDATIONS
- AFTERWORD
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- NOTES