church and state relations; separation of church and state; financing religions; secular humanists; clergy; relations Eglises-Etat; séparation de l'Eglise et de l'Etat; financement des cultes; laicité organisée; clergé
Abstract :
[en] This reports proposes an analysis of the current mechanism for recognizing and financing religious and philosophical communities in Belgium. It examines in depth all questions regarding salaries and pensions of clerics and humanist delegates. Other apsects of the public financing of religous and phlosophical communities are also dealt with, including criteria on religious participation, religious identity and other means for "counting religions". A last part is dedicated to recommandations for reforming the current federal part of the public financing scheme.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Husson, Jean-François ; Centre Interuniversitaire de Formation Permanente - CIFoP > Observatoire des Relations Administratives entre les Cultes, la Laïcité organisée et l'Etat - ORACLE
Leus, Kaat; Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB
Smets, Noël; Cour des Comptes
Language :
French
Title :
Le financement par l'Etat fédéral des ministres des cultes et des délégués du Conseil central laïque. Rapport de la Commission des sages
Publication date :
2006
Publisher :
SPF Justice, Bruxelles, Belgium
Number of pages :
228
Commissioned by :
Madame la Vice-Première Ministre et Ministre de la Justice Laurette Onkelinx