Bibliogr. s. 79

The article discusses the main arguments of the adherents of secularization, which emphasize the necessity of the separation of the public and religious institutions. Religion is universally understood as a personal matter, concerning only the spiritual life of its believers. There are arguments for public marginalization of Religion that refer to the absence of biblical legitimization for the existence of Church as an institution as well as the possible negative consequences connected with religious ethics. Another issue is the weltanschaulich neutrality of a state. The adherents of this neutrality view emphasize the importance of cultural and religious pluralism and the specific character of the "positive religions", which are not intersubjective.