Is Europe Christian? / Olivier Roy.
By: Roy, Olivier [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (186 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197520710 (ebook) :Subject(s): Christianity -- Europe -- 21st century | Secularization -- Europe | Europe -- Religion -- 21st century | Europe -- Civilization -- 21st centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190099930DDC classification: 274.083 LOC classification: BR735Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: As Europe wrangles over questions of national identity, nativism, and immigration, this book interrogates the place of Christianity, foundation of Western identity. Do secularism and Islam really pose threats to the continent's 'Christian values'? What will be the fate of Christianity in Europe? Rather than repeating the familiar narrative of decline, the book challenges the significance of secularized Western nations' reduction of Christianity to a purely cultural force relegated to issues such as abortion, euthanasia, and equal marriage. It illustrates that, globally, quite the opposite has occurred: Christianity is now universalized and detached from national identity. Not only has it taken hold in the Global South, generally in a more socially conservative form than in the West, but it has also 'returned' to Europe, following immigration from former colonies.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As Europe wrangles over questions of national identity, nativism, and immigration, this book interrogates the place of Christianity, foundation of Western identity. Do secularism and Islam really pose threats to the continent's 'Christian values'? What will be the fate of Christianity in Europe? Rather than repeating the familiar narrative of decline, the book challenges the significance of secularized Western nations' reduction of Christianity to a purely cultural force relegated to issues such as abortion, euthanasia, and equal marriage. It illustrates that, globally, quite the opposite has occurred: Christianity is now universalized and detached from national identity. Not only has it taken hold in the Global South, generally in a more socially conservative form than in the West, but it has also 'returned' to Europe, following immigration from former colonies.
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