| Description |
1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 6 |
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KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 6
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| Contents |
The transformation of Christian churches in Western Europe : an introduction / Patrick Pasture & Leo Kenis -- The present crisis in historical context / Hugh McLeod -- Feu la "nouvelle chrétienté" / Étienne Fouilloux -- Restoration and erosion of pillarised Catholicism in Western Europe / Wilhelm Damberg & Patrick Pasture -- Left Catholicism in Western Europe : a brief survey / Gerd-Rainer Horn -- Opening windows or opening doors? Catholic intellectuals as the bearers of secularisation in the Netherlands, 1945-1970 / Lodewijk Winkeler -- Late 20th-century trends in Catholic religiousness : Belgium compared with Wester and Central European nations / Karel Dobbelaere & Jaak Billiet -- Contemporary syncretism in Europe / Liliane Voyé -- The American exception? Secularisation and religion in the United States, 1945-2000 / Jon Butler -- Fundamental changes in the social ethic of the Christian churches / Johan Verstraeten -- The affirmation of women's religious leadership : a "modern" issue? / Anne-Marie Korte -- God has no favourites : ecumenism and interreligious dialogue : the unity of God's creation / Anton Houtepen -- Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue / Hans Ucko -- Christian churches as social capital : an empirical study of the relationship between church commitment, religious pluralism and tolerance, and the attitude towards immigrants in eleven European countries / Jaak Billiet, Karel Dobbelaere & Bart Cambré -- La réception du Concile Vatican II dans la Curie romaine / Philippe Chenaux -- Collégialité et primauté dans l'application de Vatican II / Jan Grootaers -- Réception et conséquences de Vatican II : un point de vue protestant / André Birmelé -- Reception and implementation of the Second Vatican Council religious institutes / Joachim Schmiedl |
| Summary |
Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly marginalised. Some scholars, however, speak of a repositioning of the Christian churches in post-modern Europe, citing new forms of religious life and community. This book focuses on the complex mutations the Christian churches in Western Europe have experienced since World War II. The authors offer a comparative exploration of the situations in several countries and des |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-351) |
| Notes |
Articles in English or French |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084169
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Vatican Council fast |
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Christianity -- Europe, Western -- 20th century
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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Eglises chrétiennes.
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Après-guerre.
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Christianity
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Europe occidentale.
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Western Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kenis, Leo, 1953-
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Billiet, Jaak
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Pasture, Patrick, 1961-
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| ISBN |
9789461661081 |
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9461661088 |
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