The transformation of the Christian churches in Western Europe : 1945-2000 = La transformation des églises chrétiennes en Europe occidentale / [edited by] Leo Kenis, Jaak Billiet & Patrick Pasture.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Kenis, Leo, 1953-
• Billiet, Jaak.
• Pasture, Patrick, 1961-
• Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

• KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 6.
• KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 6

Language:

• English
• French

Subjects (All):

• Vatican Council--(2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano).
• Vatican Council.
• Christianity--Europe, Western--20th century.
• Christianity.
• Western Europe.

Physical Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven UP, [2010]

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 church 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 describe the evolution (including the specific growth and decline) of the various Christian denominations.
• La recherche continue à montrer que la religion chrétienne disparaît progressivement des sphères publiques, culturelles et sociales d'Europe occidentale. Même au niveau individuel, la religion institutionnalisée occupe une place de plus en plus marginale. Certains chercheurs parlent toutefois d'un repositionnement des Églises chrétiennes dans I'Europe post-moderne, citant à l'appui de nouvelles formes de vie et de communautés religieuses. Ce livre est consacré aux mutations complexes vécues par les Églises chrétiennes depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les auteurs présentient une exploration comparative des situations dans plusieurs pays et décrivent l'évolution (incluant les cas spécifiques de croissance ou de déclin) des différentes dénominations chrétiennes. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

• Articles in English and French.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-351).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9789058676658
• 905867665X

OCLC:

234775401

Publisher Number:

99937643338

Online:

The Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund Home Page