Reframing the Relations between State and Religion in Post–War Bosnia

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ID21207677
AuthorsAhmet Alibašić (0000-0002-4251-6270, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, corresponding author), Nedim Begović (0009-0006-2868-5613, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Year2017
Volume19
Issue1
Pages19-34
Publication date2017-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1944-8953 • E-ISSN: 1944-8961
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19448953.2016.1201987
OpenAlexW2564686597
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Since the collapse of Communism, and especially following the devastating war of the early 1990s, efforts to reach political consensus in Bosnia and Herzegovina have proved extremely difficult. State–church relations have in principle evaded such a destiny. Key to this has been the general, even if not always fully functional, acceptance of freedom of religion and equality as the main framework for resolving dilemmas involving the role of religion and religious practice. The state, religious entities and society at large have undergone a process of accommodating themselves to a liberal model of state–church relations, which was introduced as part of the post–war constitutional settlement. This article analyses the different stages and vicissitudes of such an accommodation by focusing on the evolution of the legal framework for religious freedom and equality as well as its actual implementation in practice

Cognitive reframing · Communism · Freedom of Religion · Human rights · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · Social Psychology

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