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Challenges to Church-State Relations in Contemporary Europe: Introduction

Challenges to Church-State Relations in Contemporary Europe: Introduction Journal of Religion in Europe 1 (2008) 247–250 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/187489208X336317 www.brill.nl/jre Journal of Religion in Europe Challenges to Church-State Relations in Contemporary Europe: Introduction Lucian N. Leustean School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom l.leustean@aston.ac.uk Th e enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007 redesigned the continent’s borders. By bringing together territories which were previously separated by ideological and religious diff erences, Europe acquired a new geographical shape. However, despite apparent unity under the umbrella of supranational institutions, Europe remains fragmented by various mod- els of church-state relations. Th ese relations have deep historical roots and are moulded on the national diff erences of religious and political realms. European states can be grouped into three models (systems) of church- state relations: the state church model, the cooperationist (or hybrid) model and the secular (or separation) model. 1 Th ese models are fl uid, evolving according to the trajectories of political regimes and religious communities. Th e state church model is represented by those countries in which a religious confession is predominant and perceived as a ‘national’ or ‘established’ church. Denmark, England, Romania, and Malta http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Europe Brill

Challenges to Church-State Relations in Contemporary Europe: Introduction

Leustean, Lucian
Journal of Religion in Europe , Volume 1 (3): 247 – Jan 1, 2008
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Journal of Religion in Europe 1 (2008) 247–250 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/187489208X336317 www.brill.nl/jre Journal of Religion in Europe Challenges to Church-State Relations in Contemporary Europe: Introduction Lucian N. Leustean School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom l.leustean@aston.ac.uk Th e enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007 redesigned the continent’s borders. By bringing together territories which were previously separated by ideological and religious diff erences, Europe acquired a new geographical shape. However, despite apparent unity under the umbrella of supranational institutions, Europe remains fragmented by various mod- els of church-state relations. Th ese relations have deep historical roots and are moulded on the national diff erences of religious and political realms. European states can be grouped into three models (systems) of church- state relations: the state church model, the cooperationist (or hybrid) model and the secular (or separation) model. 1 Th ese models are fl uid, evolving according to the trajectories of political regimes and religious communities. Th e state church model is represented by those countries in which a religious confession is predominant and perceived as a ‘national’ or ‘established’ church. Denmark, England, Romania, and Malta

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