Model relacji między Cerkwią a państwem na Białorusi w kontekście postsekularyzacji społeczeństw europejskich

• Authors: Breskaya Breskaya
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article examines the character of Church -state relations formation in Belarus in the context of existing European principles of Church -state policy in the 20th and 21st centuries. The author emphasizes that along with the same logic of constitutional and legal regulation of the religious sphere in Belarus and some European countries (like France or Germany), the real practice of state policy demonstrates considerable differences between Belarus and other countries. Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic practiced an antireligious policy proclaiming the principles of freedom of consciousness at the beginning of the 20th century, while the Independent Belarusian state in the 21st century does not leave room for real Church autonomy, declaring the principles of democratic state with the rule of law formulated in the Constitution. The policy of paternalism with state control over the religious life in Belarus results in the policy of “profane tribalism”, when the state fences the public space (for example, educational or political) from religious institutional influence and participation. At the same time, the weakness of religious organizations in Belarus – which doesn’t not allow them to be autonomous partners of Church -state policy – can be also attributed to the failure of collective and social action of religious organizations. The sociological data illustrate that participation in religious groups and associations in Belarus is questioned. The discourse of secular and post -secular European history is addressed to Belarus in order to reexamine the obvious fact of the religious phenomenon returning into the public, individual, and collective life in Belarus at the end of the 20th century. In 21st -century Belarus, the space of Church -state relations continues to exist as the system regulated by the state, where the Church is the agent of the state. The political heritage of the soviet times still influence the model of relationships between the state and other participants of civil life. However, such a state could not “fill” the entire space of relations, remaining at the foundations of the normative legal principles. The prospects of further Church -state policy in Belarus depend on the abilities of all the participants of these relations to act in the logic of the de -privatization of religion, the democratization of Belarus, and the formation of a constitutional state.

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 4(22.1)
• Pages: 133-152

Contributors

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Breskaya Breskaya

• Europejski Uniwersytet Humanistyczny w Wilnie