Researching more precisely the present social relevance of church and religion at different levels, The Social Significance of Religion in the Enlarged Europe raises and responds to both descriptive and explanatory questions: Can we observe tendencies of religious decline in the various Western and Eastern European countries? Are we witnessing trends of religious individualization? To what extent has there been a religious upswing in the last few years? And what are the factors causing the observed processes of religious change?
Researching more precisely the present social relevance of church and religion at different levels, The Social Significance of Religion in the Enlarged Europe raises and responds to both descriptive and explanatory questions: Can we observe tendencies of religious decline in the various Western and Eastern European countries? Are we witnessing trends of religious individualization? To what extent has there been a religious upswing in the last few years? And what are the factors causing the observed processes of religious change?
Detlef Pollack is Professor of Sociology of Religion at Wilhelms-University Mÿnster, Germany. Olaf Mÿller is Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology at Wilhelms-University Mÿnster, Germany. Gert Pickel is Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Institute for Practical Theology, University of Leipzig, Germany.
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Contents: Church and religion in the enlarged Europe: analyses of the social significance of religion in East and West, Detlef Pollack, Olaf Mà ller and Gert Pickel; Church, religion and spirituality in Finland, Kimmo Kà à rià inen and Kati Niemelà ; Ireland in the 21st century: secularization or religious vitality? Karen Andersen; Portugal: secularization and religious vitality of the Roman Catholic Church in a Southern European country, Helena Vilaça; The religious landscape in Germany: secularizing West - secularized East, Olaf Mà ller, Detlef Pollack and Gert Pickel; Questioning secularization? Church and religion in Poland, Dorota Hall; Secularization or de-secularization? The challenges of and from the post-Soviet experience, Marat Shterin; Some aspects of religiosity in Estonia, Eva-Liisa Jaanus; Church and religion in Hungary: between religious individualization and secularization, Gergely Rosta; Croatia's religious story: the coexistence of institutionalized and individualized religiosity, Krunoslav Nikodem and Siniša Zrinšcak; Differentiated secularization in Europe: comparative results, Gert Pickel, Detlef Pollack and Olaf Mà ller; Index.
Contents: Church and religion in the enlarged Europe: analyses of the social significance of religion in East and West, Detlef Pollack, Olaf Mà ller and Gert Pickel; Church, religion and spirituality in Finland, Kimmo Kà à rià inen and Kati Niemelà ; Ireland in the 21st century: secularization or religious vitality? Karen Andersen; Portugal: secularization and religious vitality of the Roman Catholic Church in a Southern European country, Helena Vilaça; The religious landscape in Germany: secularizing West - secularized East, Olaf Mà ller, Detlef Pollack and Gert Pickel; Questioning secularization? Church and religion in Poland, Dorota Hall; Secularization or de-secularization? The challenges of and from the post-Soviet experience, Marat Shterin; Some aspects of religiosity in Estonia, Eva-Liisa Jaanus; Church and religion in Hungary: between religious individualization and secularization, Gergely Rosta; Croatia's religious story: the coexistence of institutionalized and individualized religiosity, Krunoslav Nikodem and Siniša Zrinšcak; Differentiated secularization in Europe: comparative results, Gert Pickel, Detlef Pollack and Olaf Mà ller; Index.
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