Multiconfessionalism
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Multiconfessional countries have a power sharing arrangement between people of different faiths, usually three or more significant confessional groups within the same jurisdiction. Examples of modern countries deemed multiconfessional are Lebanon,[1][2] Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania.[3]
The "National Pact" in Lebanon is a formal agreement altering the 1926 Constitution, which laid the foundation of Lebanon as a confessionalist state. Instead of a minority wielding the most power, political power became more representative.[4]
Since the end of the Ottoman era, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania have been the most multiconfessional countries of Europe.
The 3 dominant religions of
Kosovo, even though about 95% Muslim, has a significant Albanian catholic population (more than 5%) with their center being Gjakova.
Confessionalism
See also
References
- ^ Dawahare 1998.
- ISBN 978-92-871-6941-9.
- ^ Mary McIntosh; Dan Abele; University of Strathclyde. Centre for the Study of Public Policy (1996). Tolerance for a multiethnic Bosnia-Hercegovina: testing alternative theories. Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde.
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Further reading
- Thomas Max Safley (9 June 2011). A Companion to Multiconfessionalism in the Early Modern World. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-20697-7.
- Dawahare, Michael D. (1998). Multiconfessionalism, Asabiya, and Civil Society in Lebanon: Toward a Hermeneutic Theory of the Public Sphere in Comparative Studies. University of Kentucky.
