TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roy,Olivier
TI  - Is Europe Christian?
T2  - Oxford scholarship online
SN  - 9780197520710 (ebook) :
AV  - BR735 
U1  - 274.083 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Europe
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Secularization
KW  - Religion
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Also issued in print: 2020; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190099930.001.0001
ER  -