The Reformed Church and the State Today

The relationship between church and state has been a key theme in Reformed theology since its inception in the 16th century. For a long time, the underlying premise was that the state and its authorities were Christian. This is no longer the case in the era of secular and pluralistic constitutional states. In Switzerland, a country with a strong tradition of grassroots democracy, the principles of secularism and pluralism are held in high regard. This book attempts to redefine the relationship between church and state in the spirit of the Reformers and inspired by modern theological concepts, and to make it fruitful within the secular and pluralistic context of Switzerland.