PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Iron Curtain, Salafi Movement, Minority Religion
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The state has no competence in religious questions: the state does not interfere in matters of religion, even in states where the sovereign is simultaneously the head of the church it is not common to interfere. European system has remained solid, with inequality between the religious confessions, in. Italy: govern through the values of catholicism raised to the rank of a civil religion, governing diversity by stressing catholic identity, argument that values of catholicism and presence of crucifix support individualism and diversity thereby supporting religious self-determination. What transformations are taking place in this domain and what are possible consequences? (cf. secularization thesis vs. resurgence of religion; religious comeback vs. transformation of religious practice) Sociological argument of secularization as part of the modernization of society, three considerations: scientific progress through modernization contradicted religious beliefs. The resurgence of religion is a counter argument saying, european secularization is the exception to the rest of the world, and religion is increasingly important:
