Religion in the New Europe
Krzysztof Michalski is Rector of the Institute
for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria. He is Professor
of Philosophy at Boston University and the University
of Warsaw. His most recent publication is the co-written
work, Modern Political Theory and the Rise of Secular
Civilization.
The articles in this volume deal with the role of
Christianity in the definition of European identity.
Europeans often identify advanced civilizations with
secularity. But religion is very much alive in other
fast developing countries of the world. In Europe, nevertheless,
the organized churches very much wanted to stress the
Christian character of European identity, and this engendered
a lively protest focusing on the perceived threat to
the secular European tradition. Also, Europe is facing
its greatest cultural challenge in the demand of Turkey
to be admitted as a member, and in the demand of many
Muslims in Europe, often citizens of the countries in
which they live, to be recognized in their difference
and at the same time integrated in the European national
and supranational institutions.
These essays were written upon the invitation by the
previous President of the European Union, Romano Prodi.
Contents
Introductions; Taylor Religion
and European Integration Casanova Religion, European
Secular Identities and European Integration Part
I. Judeo-Christian heritage and secularisation Hervieu-Léger
The Role of Religion in Establishing Social Cohesion
Martin Religion, Secularity, Secularism and European
Integration Berger Observations from America
Part II. Muslims and Islam in Europe Modood Muslims
and European Multiculturalism Parekh Is Islam
a Threat to Europe's Multicultural Democracies? Göle
Islam, European Public Space and Civility Roy
Clash of Religions or Convergence of Religiosities?
List of Contributors
2006
148 pages
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