Secularism Confronts Islam
In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 18, S. 191-192
ISSN: 1645-9199
6 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 18, S. 191-192
ISSN: 1645-9199
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 128
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 18, S. 53-69
ISSN: 1645-9199
Radical pan-Islamism is a serious threat to universal secularism, the central norm of international order since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. International secularism rests on two principles: firstly, the organization of religion within states is subject to their sovereignty & not to supranational or transnational revolutionary movements, & secondly, religion must not determine the foreign policies & the alliances of the state. The resurgence of pan-Islamic radicalism since September 11, 2001 as a central issue in world politics challenges both principles. Adapted from the source document.
In: Política externa, Band 23, Heft 4
ISSN: 1518-6660
In: Política externa, Band 23, Heft 4
ISSN: 1518-6660
In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Band 44, Heft 4
Although the Czech Republic is usually regarded as one of the most secular countries in Europe, current sociological surveys indicate that there is still a strong interest in supernatural and spiritual questions. This article begins by documenting the popularity of various religious concepts and then proceeds to analyse the socio-demographic factors that influence religious beliefs. The author tries to answer the question of whether and how people who believe in some kind of religious phenomenon differ in terms of sociodemographic characteristics from those who do not believe. There are two dimensions behind religious statements: a 'traditional' Christian outlook and an 'alternative' view connected with a belief in the power of magic. Further analyses indicated that traditional and alternative religious beliefs are connected with numerous socio-demographic characteristics, the most important of which is religious socialisation, measured by the frequency with which a person attended at religious services as a child and by the religious denomination of a person's mother.