Patterns of secularization: church, state and nation in Greece and the Republic of Ireland/

Main Author: Χαλικιοπούλου, Δάφνη
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2011
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical and historical considerations
  • National identity and the secularization debate
  • The origins and consolidation of "cultural defence" in Greece and the Republic of Ireland
  • Church, state and nation
  • Church and state : nationalist legitimisation versus "moral monopoly"
  • Church and nation : external threat perceptions, national identity and religion
  • Portrayals of the nation in state and church discourse
  • State discourse and the redefinition of national identity in the Greek and Irish education systems
  • Church discourse and nationalist mobilization
  • Conclusion: patterns of secularization.