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Discusses new directions for the Catholic Church as codified in the April 2001 Strasbourg Ecumenical Charter (Strasbourg France). The background of ecumenism is sketched, noting changes introduced at the 1990 Synod at the Vatican calling for a shift of emphasis away from ministry to the afflicted to a ministry targeted at newly liberated peoples. Issues raised by the 1999 Second Special Synod for Europe are examined, including opening dialogues between the Reform Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Jews & Muslims. Expanding on themes introduced by the earlier Synods, the Strasbourg Ecumenical Charter is a blueprint for the construction of a new European society, with a focus on the commitment to visible unity for the Church, a common objective for a secularized Europe, & Christian testimonials. The Ecumenical Charter of Strasbourg is appended. J. Sadler

This article examines the increasing importance of the policies in international relations of Vatican City. The recent attention given to the Pope's role in achieving peaceful negotiations around the world is discussed. The ability to achieve peace through the intervention of the church, its influence on the members of the community especially young people is highlighted. The author also discusses several books that study the church's involvement in international relations in various countries & geographical locations, such as Latin America, Asia, & Africa, & with other religious groups. The author draws conclusions based on what the rest of the world can learn about diplomacy from the Vatican. E. Miller

Il tema dell'influenza della fratture religiosa nella determinazione delle preferenze politico-elettorali e del confronto interpartitico è stato considerato in misura marginale in molteplici studi sul sistema partitico canadese. Nell'ambito del dibattito dottrinario e politico, la tendenza generale che è prevalsa sinora è stata quella di mettere in risalto, più che altro, le intersecazioni esistenti tra le diversità linguistiche ed etno-culturali con un ordine politico oramai profondamente secolarizzato, in cui la religione riveste un ruolo superficiale e secondario per influenzare le scelte degli elettori.

The article begins with a discussion on the definition of fundamentalist Islam & the movement to integrate Islam into political agendas in Jordan. The article continues by elaborating on how the religion is integrated into the political system & socially accepted, in contrast with other Arab nations. The author then makes a particular focus on the movement in the last 10 years. The political ranking & organization of the Islam Brotherhood is explained & its role in society is highlighted. The author considers what lessons can be learned from the Jordanian model. E. Miller

The article opens with the position that Jerusalem had not yet been able to fully take up its position as nexus of the three major world religions due to armed conflict. The article continues with a discussion on the pivotal role Jerusalem plays in Middle Eastern politics & with the state of Israel itself. The article gives a brief historical account of the laws that govern political ownership of Jerusalem & the international diplomatic interventions that have attempted to create peace in the Middle East through political play with Jerusalem. The author gives an account of the recent events at Camp David & the more open negotiations that occurred there. E. Miller

The aim of this text is to focus the relationship between philosophy and religion starting from the renewed supremacy of religion on the global public scene. The first part is dedicated to an analysis of the relationship between religion, politics and economy in the contemporary age, with particular attention to the new claims of the religious fundamentalism and the hegemonic power of the market economy as the last form of planetary religion. The classical relationship between «faith and knowledge», analyzed by Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Heidegger, is at the core of the second part of the text, in order to identify the practical dimension inherent to philosophical knowledge, useful to individuate an active role of philosophy in the contemporary societies.

L'articolo presenta una riflessione sul rapporto tra politica e religione in età moderna che all'interno del dibattito in corso sulle tensioni analizza le dinamichei fra spazi politici, società e individuo negli orientamenti, frutto di un contesto di un dibattito culturale profondamente diverso da quello che ha accompagnato il tramonto del secolo appena trascorso e che consente ora di individuare nuovi percorsi di ricerca. In queste pagine il tema del rapporto fra Politica e religione viene assunto non come una sorta di generica endiadi ma come l'intersecazione fra due campi e modalità di ricerca ben definibili del sapere e della ricerca storica, che si affiancano e delimitano altri temi, c, che pur sono contermini ma che forse sono rimasti meno controversi ed esposti al ri-orientamento storiografico: quello ad esempio del rapporto «religione e politica», che rimane spesso ambito privilegiato degli studi di storia delle religioni; quello del rapporto tra «teologia e politica», rispetto al quale esiste una consolidata tradizione di studi a confine con quelli giuridici, e infine quello del rapporto tra «politica e Chiesa (cattolica)».