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Item Church authority in society, culture and politics after Communism(2012-06-22) Kilp, AlarAjaloolist lähenemist ja võrdlevat meetodit kasutav uurimus hindab kommunistlike režiimide mõju traditsioonilise kiriku võimu langusele avalikul alal. Kiriku võimu langust ühiskonnas, kultuuris ja poliitikas käsitleb uurimus ainsa ja määrava tunnusena, mis kaasneb kaasajal sotsiaalse, kultuurilise ja poliitilise sekulariseerumisega. Põhitähelepanu all on üheksa läänekristliku kultuuritaustaga postkommunistlikku ühiskonda, mille kultuurilised rahvusliikumised algasid 19. sajandil. See oli aeg, mil Euroopa ühiskonnad olid olulisel määral juba sekulariseerunud ning avalikke funktsioone täitev kristlus oli muutunud piibellikust ja dogmaatilisest, müütilisest ja konfessionaalsest, kultuur-, tsiviil- ja rahvusreligiooniliseks. Kiriku avalikku võimu on kommunismiaegsetest riigi ja kiriku suhetest enam mõjutanud kaks kommunismieelset riigi ja kiriku suhete mustrit – kultuuriline konfessioon (luterlik või katoliiklik) ning 19. sajandil kujunenud kiriku suhted rahvusliikumisega. Sõltumata sellest, kas kommunistlik kirikupoliitika oli kaasav või repressiivne, nõrgendas ta veelgi neid rahvuse ja kiriku vahelisi suhteid, mis oli nõrgad ka varem, ning tugevdas rahvuse ja kiriku liitu seal, kus vastavad suhted olid tugevad juba kommunistliku režiimi eel. Kirikute võim on erakordsel määral nõrgenenud kõigis luterliku traditsiooniga postkommunistlikes ühiskondades, kuid traditsiooniliselt katoliiklikest ühiskondadest vaid sellistes, milles kirikul puudub positiivne side rahvuskultuuriga. Kahel kaudsel moel on kommunistlikud režiimid aidanud ka kaitsta traditsiooniliste kirikute avalikku võimu. Kommunistlikud režiimid ei soodustanud religiooni individualiseerumist ja kaasajastumist ehk protsesse, mis samaaegselt Lääne-Euroopa liberaaldemokraatlikes ühiskondades kirikute võimu nõrgendasid. Lisaks on homoseksualismi taunimine säilinud kommunistlike režiimi väärtushoiakulise pärandina ka sellistes ühiskondades, kus kodanike sidemed traditsiooniliste kirikutega on lagunenud.Item Estonia: Religious Association Restrictions of Same-Sex Couple Religious Rights(Krakow: NOMOS, 2017) Kilp, AlarEU law on same-sex unions (SSU) expects Member States to legally recognize the family life of same-sex couples in the form of marriage, partnership, or cohabitation. The normative expectation, which in about 2010 became a principled position of the EU institutions and the European Court of Human Rights, has not been endorsed by one Western European Member State (Italy) as well as the majority of the post-Communist Member States (Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia). There are a number of causes behind the failure to enact SSU laws: the legacies of the communist regimes, the prevalence of a certain interpretation of Christian doctrine, the medium level of economic affluence, and an unfavorable balance of power between the change and blocking coalitions of social, religious, and political actors. Unlike Western European countries, where the family life of same-sex unions was legally recognized primarily due to pressures from below (due to changes in public opinion and shifts in cultural values), governments and legislatures in most Central and Eastern European Member States are encouraged more from above (by the European Union and the Council of Europe). Therefore, the prospects for legal recognition of same-sex unions are slim in countries where the European normative agenda meets no significant support from domestic social values or religious and political actors. This conflict of national and EU forces is most likely to persist in Member States which are post-Soviet, culturally Orthodox, not shifted from materialist to post-materialist values, and governed by right-wing governmental coalitions.Item Face to face with conservative religious values: Assessing the EU's normative impact in the South Caucasus(London, New York: Routledge, 2018) Berg, Eiki; Kilp, AlarThe article analyzes how Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia react to the EU’s soft power, which is mainly based on its human rights policy including the freedom of religion and the promotion of pluralism. The EU has limited soft power in the South Caucasus. It remains attractive but only to a relative degree. The EU’s normative power is challenged by conservative value orientations which are backed up by religious institutions and politicians seeking to maximize their political gains.Item Implementing EU's Normative Agenda in the South Caucasus: Contradictory effects(Tbilisi: Georgian Institute of Politics, 2017) Berg, Eiki; Kilp, AlarIt is not a secret that the EU has sought to influence regional developments by imposing liberal democratic norms on the third countries interested in closer relations with the union. Given that this soft power approach may effect change, we analysed the role of EU normative powers in influencing human rights dialogues. We also saw how both the political establishments and societies at large have adapted to these new circumstances. Further to the east, the lever for Europeanization seems to be eroding. To that end, the EU has continuously reaffirmed that its support for and cooperation with target countries must be conditional on the promotion of civil liberties and democratic reforms. While there is concern that the EU’s normative policies may be ineffective if they are not fully implemented on the ground, it is possible that the prospect of EU integration could prove to be an attractive aspiration for large segments of these societies. Fully implementing EU norms, however, may drive these countries into conflict with the conservative mores sustained by the state/religious institutions.Item Kiriku ja riigi suhted Ameerika Ühendriikide põhiseaduse esimese paranduse valgusel(Tartu Ülikool, 2000) Kilp, Alar; Saumets, Andres, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Usuteaduskond; Tartu Ülikool. Ajaloolise usuteaduse õppetoolItem Poliitika uurimine, õppimine ja õpetamine: riigiteaduste 2017 aastakonverentsi ettekannete kogumik(Tartu Ülikool, 2018) Kilp, Alar; Laane, Karl Lembit; Urmann, Helen; Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituutItem Religion enters politics: the process of politicization of religious issues in four post-communist countries : master thesi(Tartu Ülikool, 2002) Kilp, Alar; Mikkel, Evald, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaal- ja haridusteaduskond; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsioloogia ja sotsiaalpoliitika instituutItem Sekulaarne fundamentalism(Tartu Ülikool, 2009-03-25T08:35:22Z) Kilp, AlarBeSt programmi toetusel loodud videoloeng kursusel "Religioosne fundamentalism"(USUS.02.080)Item The Harmonization of Laws on Same-Sex Unions in Post-Communist Post-Accession Countries(2017) Kilp, AlarEU law on same-sex unions (SSU) expects Member States to legally recognize the family life of same-sex couples in the form of marriage, partnership, or cohabitation. The normative expectation, which in about 2010 became a principled position of the EU institutions and the European Court of Human Rights, has not been endorsed by one Western European Member State (Italy) as well as the majority of the post-Communist Member States (Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia). There are a number of causes behind the failure to enact SSU laws: the legacies of the communist regimes, the prevalence of a certain interpretation of Christian doctrine, the medium level of economic affluence, and an unfavorable balance of power between the change and blocking coalitions of social, religious, and political actors. Unlike Western European countries, where the family life of same-sex unions was legally recognized primarily due to pressures from below (due to changes in public opinion and shifts in cultural values), governments and legislatures in most Central and Eastern European Member States are encouraged more from above (by the European Union and the Council of Europe). Therefore, the prospects for legal recognition of same-sex unions are slim in countries where the European normative agenda meets no significant support from domestic social values or religious and political actors. This conflict of national and EU forces is most likely to persist in Member States which are post-Soviet, culturally Orthodox, not shifted from materialist to post-materialist values, and governed by right-wing governmental coalitions.