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Religions, secularity and democracy in Europe: for a new Kelsenian pact

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In Europe the public role of the religions appears to be directly proportional to the fall in trust in the procedural mechanisms at the basis of the liberal democracies. Compared to the strong identities attributed to the United States and to the Islamic world Europe is accused of having a weak identity, the fruit of its prescriptive relativism. In this context God returns onto the scene. Nevertheless, a European civil religion risks becoming an instrument of closure of the system rather than responding to the challenges of pluralist societies and it could become a further factor of secularisation of society.

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  • Alessandro Ferrari, 2005. "Religions, secularity and democracy in Europe: for a new Kelsenian pact," Jean Monnet Working Papers 3, Jean Monnet Chair.
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