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Religious belief is on the rise, a world of faith is growing. And, in particular, religious right is running harder and harder into politics of many states. While Muslim radicals do not stay short of full state control and terrorism, Roman Catholics in Europe are pushing for ‘Christian Democracy’. Catholic bishops have never been scared of politics; in Spain that results in bishops’ revolt against the government, an open confrontation, whereas in Croatia, a quasi-secular state, they ‘own’ the government.

A world of faith

Religion practicing is a powerful social movement, and a robust separation between religion and state is practically impossible, not to mention that it would be unwise. However, the separation of church (i.e. institution drawing social and societal power out of population’s religious beliefs) and government institutions (constituted by and large of believers) proved itself to be essential ingredient of the Western-type democracy.

True, we can’t expect that clergy will just sit back and let God to do everything. However, most of our everyday actions is guided by moral norms, customs and etiquette, not by law, and that is everlast-ing work field for a church. When it comes to law, let God (more precisely: His insti-tutionalized Earthly representatives) stay aside, let human beings organize their society. Are those beings sinful? Yes, so let the church reconcile at least some of their sinfulness with social order and let the secular law carry out crucial societal management. Thus, church can make a substantial contribution to debates about greed and social justice, while acknowl-edging the country’s secular constitution.

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