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come both to complete it and to judge it. The Church is not the Kingdom neither can it
claim a monopoly on the Kingdom of God.
Keywords: the Kingdom of God, the Church, evangelicalism, Charismatic Christi-
anity/Pentecostalism, dispensationalism
UDC 28:364.624.6(4)
Aleš Črnič
Concerning Christian Europe and its culture of the fear of Islam
The culture of the fear of Islam, which strongly characterizes the present time, em-
phasizes the threat which the supposedly radically different Muslim culture represents
for contemporary European culture. There is a long history of these fears stretching back
almost a thousand years to the Crusader wars, while on Slovenian territory right until
now these negative sentiments are nourished primarily by memories of the Turkish in-
cursions. The article warns about the active growth of the contemporary politics of fear
with which some political forces deliberately exploit these newly aroused ancient fears,
and then deconstructs the concept of European culture as exclusively Christian, draw-
ing more complex outlines of contemporary European and Western cultures, to which
Muslim cultures have also made their own contributions. In particular, however, secu-
larity has had an essential influence, since this alone makes religious freedom available
to non-Christian, alternative and “non-autochthonous” religions as well.
Keywords: Islamophobic culture, Christian Europe, Turkish incursions, secularity
UDC 28-051(4)
Marko Kerševan
Islam and Muslims in secularized Europe
In contemporary European societies, adherents of all religions (including minority
and new religions in Europe, such as Islam) have religious freedom as a matter of prin-
ciple; they do not have to deny or hide their religion in order to enjoy the same rights
as all citizens (and adherents of majority religions). Therefore they themselves and their
communities must accept the principles on which such religious freedom is founded:
the principle of equal citizens’ and human rights (regardless of gender, race, religion,
etc), and within this framework an individual’s freedom of conscience and religious be-
lief in particular; the principle of the state’s neutrality concerning religious and world
views (with more or less consistent separation of state and joint/public institutions and
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come both to complete it and to judge it. The Church is not the Kingdom neither can it
claim a monopoly on the Kingdom of God.
Keywords: the Kingdom of God, the Church, evangelicalism, Charismatic Christi-
anity/Pentecostalism, dispensationalism
UDC 28:364.624.6(4)
Aleš Črnič
Concerning Christian Europe and its culture of the fear of Islam
The culture of the fear of Islam, which strongly characterizes the present time, em-
phasizes the threat which the supposedly radically different Muslim culture represents
for contemporary European culture. There is a long history of these fears stretching back
almost a thousand years to the Crusader wars, while on Slovenian territory right until
now these negative sentiments are nourished primarily by memories of the Turkish in-
cursions. The article warns about the active growth of the contemporary politics of fear
with which some political forces deliberately exploit these newly aroused ancient fears,
and then deconstructs the concept of European culture as exclusively Christian, draw-
ing more complex outlines of contemporary European and Western cultures, to which
Muslim cultures have also made their own contributions. In particular, however, secu-
larity has had an essential influence, since this alone makes religious freedom available
to non-Christian, alternative and “non-autochthonous” religions as well.
Keywords: Islamophobic culture, Christian Europe, Turkish incursions, secularity
UDC 28-051(4)
Marko Kerševan
Islam and Muslims in secularized Europe
In contemporary European societies, adherents of all religions (including minority
and new religions in Europe, such as Islam) have religious freedom as a matter of prin-
ciple; they do not have to deny or hide their religion in order to enjoy the same rights
as all citizens (and adherents of majority religions). Therefore they themselves and their
communities must accept the principles on which such religious freedom is founded:
the principle of equal citizens’ and human rights (regardless of gender, race, religion,
etc), and within this framework an individual’s freedom of conscience and religious be-
lief in particular; the principle of the state’s neutrality concerning religious and world
views (with more or less consistent separation of state and joint/public institutions and
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