Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions?
Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions?
Author(s): Per PetterssonSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: State-Church relations; constitution; religion in public space; philosophies of life; secularism; secularization; public space; religious pluralism; freedom of conscience and religion
Summary/Abstract: This chapter analyses the ambiguous presence of religious agents as service providers in Swedish state institutions, which are supposed to be secular; hospitals, prisons, the military and public schools.
Journal: Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 23-42
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English