Is Europe Christian?

Roy, Olivier, 1949- author.

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"As Europe wrangles over questions of national identity, nativism and immigration, Olivier Roy 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?"--Amazon.com.

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Christianity Europe

Europe Church history

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Europe Religion

Laicism Europe

Religion and sociology Europe

Religion and state Europe

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ISBN:

9780190099930

Description:

186 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Translated from the French

Contents:

Europe's Christian Heritage
Does Secularization Mean Dechristianization?
Another Source of Morality? The Church Versus Modernism (1864-1964)
The Self-Secularization of Religion
The Turning Point of the 1960s
The Religious Secession: The Encyclical Humanæ Vitæ (July 1968)
Identity and Values: Europe and the Other
The End of Christian Europe or the End of Religion?

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2980641

Other Authors:

Roy, Olivier, 1949- LÈurope est-elle chrétienne?. English

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