Governance of religious diversity in Western Europe

Dikici, Erdem

Abstract

“Governance of religious diversity” appears to be the latest term to address the relationship between the state and (immigrant) religious groups in Western Europe. Conventional/established arrangements and frameworks of state-church relations (i.e. secularism) need to be revisited to include new religions and religious groups to the equation. It is suggested that contemporary multicultural societies require a broader perspective and a sophisticated framework than established understandings of secularism, and receiving states’ governmental policies. Today, the main concern of Western European states is not the relationship between the state and church, but how to deal with Islam and accommodate distinctive religious practices in public spaces. This review article examines the current debates on governance of religious diversity through elaborating on the six books reviewed.

Citation

Dikici, E. (2021). Governance of religious diversity in Western Europe. Ethnicities, 21(1), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819832342

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Mar 9, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2022
• Journal: Ethnicities
• Print ISSN: 1468-7968
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-2706
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 235-246
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819832342
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10020933
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1468796819832342