The Re-Politicization of Religion in Europe
The Next Ten Years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7954039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jytte Klausen (0000-0002-7610-6173, Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 554-557 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592705280349 |
| OpenAlex | W2171224619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
In the coming decade religion will become an increasingly salient issue in European politics. This prediction runs counter to the conventional wisdom that Europeans are “post-Christian.” When comparing Europe to the United States, observers note that church pews are empty, that fewer people profess to believe in God, and that Europeans are moral relativists who shy away from principled positions against authoritarian countries. In the European view, modernization implies secularization, and by this standard Europeans are modern while Americans are, depending on who the observer is, either postmodern or irrational. Why then are we flooded with evidence of the “re-Christianization” of Europe
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Epistemology · Irrational number · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Salient · Secularization · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · Religious studies · Religious Studies
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Religion and politics of belonging in digital times
Religious behavior and European veil bans
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Islam, opinion climates, and immigrant party loyalties in Western Europe
Preaching to the converted? Christian Democratic voting in six west European countries
Religious Supply, Welfare State Restructuring and Faith-Based Social Activities
International Relations by Proxy? The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |