Recent Historiographic and Conceptual Views on Democratic Society and Religious Pluralism

Abstract

The present paper examines the main approaches of the recent historiography focusing on democratic society and religious pluralism by centring the idea of freedom of religion and the relationship between church and state. The question of how the relationship between state, democratic society and religious pluralism evolved in the last decades has challenged two focuses: (a) the models of governance and the societal outcomes and (b) the political features and the institutional assessments. Therefore, the current contribution focuses on two objectives: (1) to renew attention to the latest conceptual and analytical insights of the recent decades and (2) to individualize relevant themes of research describing the relationship between governance, society and religious pluralism. In conclusion, the results and findings of the research of the independences between concepts engaging historical development and governance of religious pluralism.