Church Building as a Secular Endeavour: Three Cases from Eastern Germany

Political secularism can be defined as a kind of political philosophy that sees the secular state as setting the terms of encounter between the secular and the religious. However, religion and religious organisations are not necessarily seen as oppositional to the secular state; there can be myriad...

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Main Author: Halemba, Agnieszka 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B religious divide / secular
B Reconciliation
B eastern Germany
B Church Buildings
B political secularism
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