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 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 2015-05-01. Religion and the Struggle for European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth delve into the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. Nelsen and Guth contend that for centuries Catholicism promoted the universality of the Church and the essential unity of Christendom. Protestantism, by contrast, esteemed particularity and feared Catholic dominance. These differing visions of Europe have influenced the process of postwar integration in profound ways. Nelsen and Guth compare the Catholic view of Europe as a single cultural entity best governed as a unified polity against traditional Protestant estrangement from continental culture and its preference for pragmatic cooperation over the sacrifice of sovereignty. As the authors show, this deep cultural divide, rooted in the struggles of the Reformation, resists the ongoing secularization of the continent. Unless addressed, it threatens decades of hard-won gains in security and prosperity. Farsighted and rich with data, Religion and the Struggle for European Union offers a pragmatic way forward in the EU's attempts to solve its social, economic, and political crises.
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.
Religions and the European Union
Religions and 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 Religions and the European Union write by Philippe Guillaume. This book was released on 2020-02-27. Religions and the European Union available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author explains the bi-millenial religious trends that led to the founding of the European Union, culminating in Pope Pius XII’s christmas speech, 1944. After having saved a hundred thousand jews, the Pope used his speech to lay the foundations for what would one day be the European Union. He also changed an old Vatican rule and created christian democratic parties. It was these parties, with help from the reconciled socialists parties, that provided the forces that would go on to build the European Union: a supranational organisation that has brought seventy years of economic development and peace.
God and the EU
God and the EU - 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 God and the EU write by Jonathan Chaplin. This book was released on 2015-12-14. God and the EU available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The current political, economic and financial crises facing the EU reveal a deeper cultural, indeed spiritual, malaise – a crisis in ‘the soul of Europe’. Many observers are concluding that the ‘soul of Europe’ cannot be restored to health without a new appreciation of the contribution of religion to its past and future, and especially that of its hugely important but widely neglected Christian heritage, which is alive today even amidst advancing European secularization. This book offers a fresh, constructive and critical understanding of Christian contributions to the origin and development of the EU from a variety of theological and national perspectives. It explains the Christian origins of the EU, documents the various ways in which it has been both affirmed and critiqued from diverse theological perspectives, offers expert, theologically-informed assessments of four illustrative policy areas of the EU (trade, finance, environment, science), and also reports on the place of religion in the EU, including how religious freedom is framed and how contemporary religious (including Muslim) actors relate to EU institutions and vice versa. The book fills a major gap in the current debate about the future of the European project and will be of interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and European studies.
