Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0057707

Zusammenfassung

The project will deal with the tension between the EU's secular identity and the continuing or even growing salience of religion in states which the EU internationally interacts with. Arguing that the construction of the EU's identity can particularly well be seen in its foreign policies, the project pursues the following questions: What is the relevance and role of religion in EU foreign policy? How does the EU construct its secular identity via its foreign policy? To which extent does the EU integrate elements of religion into this identity and how is this identity reinforced or adju...