Includes bibliographical references and index.

European liberal democracy and the principle of state religious neutrality / John T.S. Madeley -- A framework for the comparative analysis of church-state relations in Europe / John T.S. Madeley -- Church-state separation Swedish-style / Göran Gustafsson -- The illusion of state neutrality in a secularising Ireland / Bill Kissane -- The Italian state : no longer Catholic, no longer Christian / Mark Donovan -- Orthodoxy and nationalism in the Greek case / George Th. Mavrogordatos -- Catholicism and democratic consolidation in Spain and Poland / John Anderson -- The contested politics of positive neutrality in Hungary / Zsolt Enyedi -- The Catholic Church and civil society : democratic options in the post-communist Czech Republic / Joan O'Mahony -- The policy impact of church-state relations : family policy and abortion in Britain, France, and Germany / Michael Minkenberg -- Conclusion: Emerging issues in the study of church-state relations / Zsolt Enyedi.

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