Review of François Foret's "Religion and Politics in the European Union."
Petr Kratochvíl, Director of the Institute of International Relations Prague and his colleague from University of Economics, Prague, Jana Hovorková, published in ERIS - European Review of International Studies review of François Foret's comprehensive monograph on the complex relationship between religion and politics in the context of European integration.
François Foret set himself a daunting task of writing a comprehensive monograph on the complex relationship between religion and politics in the context of European integration. Let us bluntly start this review by outright acknowledging that in spite of the breadth of the topic and the huge amount of time needed for this kind of research, Professor Foret was successful in his endeavour. The book Religion and Politics in the European Union is a fine statement of his scholarship. The book surprisingly readable even for those who are not entirely familiar with the EU or with the politics of religion. The publication's substantive merits are further increased by the concise structure of the book and the logical division of chapters and subchapters. The reader will also certainly appreciate the introduction at the beginning of each chapter which gives a brief summary of the state of the art...