Post-Communist Church-State Settlements in Central Europe: Why Did It Take So Long in the Czech Republic?
One of the important issues in the post-communist transition was to fix relations between the state and religious groups. Communist regimes were characterized by militant atheist ideology and often aggressive anti-church policies. The extent of anti-church measures differed across countries, ranging...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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A journal of church and state
Ano: 2020, Volume: 62, Número: 4, Páginas: 654-670 |
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Igreja
/ Estado
/ Tschechien
/ Mitteleuropa
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Classificações IxTheo: | KBK Europa oriental SA Direito eclesiástico |
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Resumo: | One of the important issues in the post-communist transition was to fix relations between the state and religious groups. Communist regimes were characterized by militant atheist ideology and often aggressive anti-church policies. The extent of anti-church measures differed across countries, ranging from a rather liberal situation in Poland and East Germany to the most violent in the Soviet Union, Albania, and Czechoslovakia. However, the communists were, at best, partially successful in their attempt to secularize the societies they governed. Religion has recovered in the post-communist period and has become an important element in post-communist societies. The natural first step after the... |
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ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csz083 |