Is the Swedish state secular when religious service functions are integrated in state institutions?

• Authors: Pettersson Per

Title variants

PL

Czy państwo szwedzkie jest świeckie jeśli posługi religijne są zintegrowane z instytucjami państwowymi?

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This chapter analyses the ambiguous presence of religious agents as service providers in Swedish state institutions, which are supposed to be secular; hospitals, prisons, the military and public schools.

PL

Artykuł stanowi analizę rozwiązań dotyczących obecności posług religijnych w szwedzkich instytucjach państwowych, takich jak szpitale, więzienia, wojsko i szkoły publiczne. Stawia przy tym pytania o zgodność tego rodzaju praktyk z zasadą świeckości państwa.

Keywords

EN

State-Church relations; constitution; religion in public space; philosophies of life; secularism; secularization; public space; religious pluralism; freedom of conscience and religion

PL

relacje Państwo – Kościół; konstytucja; religia w przestrzeni publicznej; przekonania światopoglądowe; laickość; sekularyzacja; przestrzeń publiczna; pluralizm religijny; wolność sumienia i wyznania

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 23-42

Contributors

author

Pettersson Per

• Service Research Center, CTF at Karlstad University, Sweden, Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre, CRS at Uppsala University, Box 511, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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