Religion and Politics in the European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and Politics in the European Union write by François Foret. This book was released on 2015-02-05. Religion and Politics in the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyzes the place and influence of religion in European politics. François Foret presents the first data ever collected on the religious beliefs of European decision makers and what they do with these beliefs. Discussing popular assumptions such as the return of religion, aggressive European secularism, and religious lobbying, Foret offers objective data and non-normative conceptual frameworks to clarify some major issues in the contemporary political debate.
Religion and the Struggle for European Union
Religion and the Struggle for European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and the Struggle for European Union write by Brent F. Nelsen. This book was released on 2015-03-31. Religion and the Struggle for European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nelsen and Guth contend that religion, or "confessional culture, " plays a powerful role in shaping European ideas about politics, attitudes toward European integration, and national and continental identities in its leaders and citizens. Catholicism has for centuries promoted the unity of Christendom, while Protestantism has valued particularity and feared Catholic dominance. These confessional cultures, the authors argue, have resulted in two very different visions of Europe that have deeply influenced the process of postwar integration. Catholics have seen Europe as a single cultural entity that is best governed by a single polity; Protestants have never felt part of continental culture and have valued national borders as protectors of liberties historically threatened by Catholic powers. Catholics have pressed for a politically united Europe; Protestants have resisted sacrificing sovereignty to federal institutions, favoring pragmatic cooperation. Despite growing secularization of the continent, not to mention the impact of Islam, confessional culture still exerts enormous influence. And, the authors conclude, European elites must recognize the enduring significance of this Catholic-Protestant cultural divide as the EU attempts to solve its social and economic and political crises.
Religion and the Public Order of the European Union
Religion and the Public Order of the European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and the Public Order of the European Union write by Ronan McCrea. This book was released on 2010-10-07. Religion and the Public Order of the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ronan McCrea offers the first comprehensive account of the role of religion within the public order of the European Union. He examines the facilitation and protection of individual and institutional religious freedom in EU law and the means through which the Union facilitates religious input and influence over law. In addition, the book draws attention to the limitations on religious influence over law and politics that are required by the Union. It shows the extent to which suchlimitations are identified as fundamental elements of the EU's public order and as prerequisites for membership.The Union seeks to balance its predominantly Christian religious heritage with an equally strong secular and humanist tradition by facilitating religion as a form of cultural identity while simultaneously limiting its political influence. Such balancing takes place in the context of the Union's limited legitimacy and its commitment to respect for Member State cultural autonomy. Deference towards the cultural role of religion at Member State level enables culturally-entrenched religions toexercise a greater degree of influence within the Union's public order than "outsider" faiths that lack a comparable cultural role. Placing the Union's approach to religion in the context of broader historical and sociological trends around religion in Europe and of contemporary debates aroundsecularism, equal treatment, and the role of Islam in Europe, McCrea sheds light on the interaction between religion and EU law in the face of a shifting religious demographic.
Representing Religion in the European Union
Representing Religion in the European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Representing Religion in the European Union write by Lucian Leuştean. This book was released on 2013. Representing Religion in the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining religious representation at the state, transnational and institutional levels, this volume demonstrates that religion is becoming an increasingly important element of the decision-making process. It provides a comprehensive analysis of religious representation in the European Union that will be of great interest to students and scholars of European politics, sociology of religion and international relations.
Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union
Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union write by Lucian N. Leustean. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. EU enlargement - to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and increasing debates on Turkey’s membership - has dramatically transformed the European Union into a multi-religious space. Religious communities are not only shaping identities but are also influential factors in political discourse. This edited volume examines the activities of religious actors in the context of supranational European institutions and the ways in which they have responded to the idea of Europe at local and international levels. By bringing together scholars working in political science, history, law and sociology, this volume analyses key religious factors in contemporary EU architecture, such as the transformation of religious identities, the role of political and religious leaders, EU legislation on religion, and, the activities of religious lobbies. This book was published as a special issue of Religion, State and Society.
