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Europe

May 15, 2009

Churches set out people oriented concerns for Euro elections

For the approaching Euro elections, the Jesuit European Office in Brussels has issued an Election Memorandum examining the kind of choices currently facing the European Union, in its internal life and in its relationship with the wider world.
April 13, 2009

China taking over from Europe in Africa, say church leaders

Africa could find a dependable partner in China, if Europe does not change the way it relates to the continent, a Kenyan Anglican and World Council of Churches leader has said.
February 6, 2009

Europe does religion without the politics, suggests research

The Bertelsmann Stiftung International Religion Monitor study says its research shows that Christian faith still has a strong personal influence in Europe - but not so much on people's political outlook.
August 29, 2008

Examining fundamentalism in Europe

A pioneer in the global study of the phenomenon of fundamentalism, commentator and scholar Martin E. Marty reflects on the changing patterns of religious life as they have impacted Europe recently.
May 6, 2008

Seeing both the positive and negative in religion

Much of the current public discourse on 'religion' assumes that 'it' (actually a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon) is either a good or a bad thing per se.
April 3, 2008

Western Secularisation and Globalisation - an evening with Jose Casanova

The lecture will examine the links between the particular historical process of Christian secularisation in the West and its diverse globalised forms in other axial civilisations.
February 27, 2008

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.
February 27, 2008

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.
January 12, 2008

Williams recognises Liverpool's city of culture achievement

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will honour Liverpool's achievement in taking on the mantle of European City of Culture by making a two-day pastoral visit to the Diocese and people of the area later in January.
December 28, 2007

European youth arrive in Taize for global prayer event

Tens of thousands of young adults from throughout Europe and beyond are expected in Geneva between Christmas and New Year for five days of prayer and reflection organized by the Taizé community.