The transformation of the Christian churches in Western Europe : 1945-2000 = La transformation des �eglises chr�etiennes en Europe occidentale / Leo Kenis, Jaak Billiet & Patrick Pasture, eds.
Material type: TextLanguage: English, French Series: KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 6.Publisher: Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2010]Copyright date: �2010Description: 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9789461661081
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- Transformation des �eglises chr�etiennes en Europe occidentale
- Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
- Vatican Council
- Christianity -- Europe, Western -- 20th century
- RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- General
- RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History
- Eglises chr�etiennes
- Apr�es-guerre
- Europe occidentale
- Christianity
- Western Europe
- 1900-1999
- 230 22
- BR738.2 .T73 2010eb
Articles in English or French.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-351).
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 chr�etient�e" / �Etienne 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 Voy�e -- 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 Cambr�e -- La r�eception du Concile Vatican II dans la Curie romaine / Philippe Chenaux -- Coll�egialit�e et primaut�e dans l'application de Vatican II / Jan Grootaers -- R�eception et cons�equences de Vatican II : un point de vue protestant / Andr�e Birmel�e -- Reception and implementation of the Second Vatican Council religious institutes / Joachim Schmiedl.
Print version record.
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.
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