Patterns of secularization
Subtitle: church, state and nation in Greece and the Republic of Ireland
By: Daphne Halikiopoulou
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781409403456; 9781409403463
Subjects: Church and state; Kirche und Staat; Säkularisierung; Nationalismus; Secularization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical and historical considerations; title: National identity and the secularization debate; title: The origins and consolidation of "cultural defence" in Greece and the Republic of Ireland; title: Church, state and nation; title: Church and state : nationalist legitimisation versus "moral monopoly"; title: Church and nation : external threat perceptions, national identity and religion; title: Portrayals of the nation in state and church discourse; title: State discourse and the redefinition of national identity in the Greek and Irish education systems; title: Church discourse and nationalist mobilization; title: Conclusion: patterns of secularization.