While Europe as a whole may be seen as increasingly secular, there are a surprising number of mentions of God, the church and religion in the constitutions of individual countries. The table below gives an overview
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Is there any reliable way to assess the process of secularisation? If secularity is the result of this process is there any way to meassure the current state of secularity in Europe?
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Readers of Vista can hardly be unaware that over the last five years or so, the wearing of a cross in public or the displaying of a crucifix on the walls of a public school, hospital or office has become a focus for social policy legislators
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On the Pope’s recent visit to the UK, Benedict XVI launched a blistering attack on “aggressive secularism” which seeks to exclude “God, religion and virtue from public life”. Despite a rocky start, the media generally applauded his comments
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