by Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Research A\ufb03liate, Project \u2018Education and Religion in Europe,\u2019 Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la La\u00efcit\u00e9 (GSRL\/CNRS), Paris, France; Laboratoire de Recherche Sociale et Politique Appliqu\u00e9e (RESOP), University of Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n
This chapter addresses the question of how the secularization thesis applies to the case of Greece. This question is particularly relevant given the weight of Greek Orthodoxy on the country\u2019s religious and cultural landscape and on the historical circumstances that have shaped the nation\u2019s political and social life. First we shall look brie\ufb02y at some of the de\ufb01nitions of and debates on secularization and then highlight speci\ufb01c aspects of Eastern Orthodoxy in relation to the process of secularization. Then we shall continue with an introduction to the larger context in which the Greek case should be viewed, including a brief description of the religious landscape. Finally the con\ufb02ict over national Identity Cards is used as a case study in order to highlight the ambiguity of the secularization thesis with regard to Greece.<\/p>\n
Greece: Selective Secularization and the Deprivatization of Religion?<\/a>