Objective RELIGIOWEST is an interdisciplinary endeavour to bring together legal, sociological and political insights in the study of religion in the West. It aims at studying : 1) how different western states (in Europe and North America) are redefining their relationship to religions, under the challenge of increasing religious activism in the public sphere, associated with the spread of new religious movements (evangelicalism, cults) and Islam, 2) how this process mobilizes a complex array of often unrelated actors: courts, administrations, business milieus, but also practicing believers who want to be recognized both as citizens and members of a faith community, public opinion eager to curb what is perceived as “foreign” or “extremist” expressions of religion, politicians navigating between political correctness and populism, and “external” actors, like the US government, the European Court of Human Rights and transnational organizations (the Catholic church, the Muslim Brotherhood), 3) how this process is gradually producing a new and common paradigm of the relationship between states, the public sphere and religion, contributing paradoxically to European integration.We intend to make field-works in 12 countries, both in North-America and Europe, adding Turkey. After studying the specific national legal frameworks dealing with religion in public sphere, we intend to analyse the potential convergences in framing a new common paradigm of the place of religion in the public sphere. The project aims at providing tools for a common European policy implementation on religion. Fields of science humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionreligionsislamsocial scienceslawhuman rights Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-AG-SH2 - ERC Advanced Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Call for proposal ERC-2010-AdG_20100407 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Coordinator EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE Address Via dei roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Olivier Patrick Michel Roy (Prof.) Administrative Contact Serena Scarselli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE Italy EU contribution € 1 895 232,00 Address Via dei roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Olivier Patrick Michel Roy (Prof.) Administrative Contact Serena Scarselli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
