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Church-State Separation and Church Property Restitution in the Czech Republic

Author: Pavol Minarik

Published in: Society | Issue 5/2017

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This article aims to present the recent change in the church-state relations in the Czech Republic. The change consists of restitution of church property taken away by the communist regime and the financial separation of churches and religious societies from the state. The article briefly overviews the church-state relations in Czechoslovakia before 1989 especially with regard to the issues of property and finance. The focus is on the legislation of 2012 and the contracts between the state and churches and religious societies that both resolved the restitution of church property taken by the communist regime and initiated the process that will lead to a complete financial separation of churches from the state.

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Title: Church-State Separation and Church Property Restitution in the Czech Republic
Author: Pavol Minarik
Publication date: 22-08-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Society / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0173-2

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