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- Title
An unwanted child: Secularism, religious freedom, and the Turkish Protestant Church.
- Authors
Bultema, James
- Abstract
Turkey’s secularism and the extent of religious freedom in the country are affected by enduring Ottoman influences. These influences have not only hindered the integration of secularism into all levels of state and society but have obscured evidence of a synergy between secularism, religious freedom, and the Turkish Protestant Church (TPC). Although intertwined with Sunni Islam, secularism has provided a context in which well-protected religious freedom, granted in the 1961 Constitution, could catalyze the TPC’s emergence. Moreover, the TPC has helped the state and society to manifest and nurture its commitment to religious freedom, so that it has proven to be more than the arbitrary religious tolerance of Ottoman times.
- Subjects
TURKEY; SECULARISM; FREEDOM of religion; PROTESTANT churches; RELIGIOUS tolerance
- Publication
International Journal for Religious Freedom, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 1/2, p111
- ISSN
2070-5484
- Publication type
Article