Reaching Europe with the Gospel requires us to face up to an uncomfortable truth: Europe is still being secularised. Understanding the processes of secularisation is a vital part of discerning how Europe might be re-evangelised. This issue of Vista explores how large scale surveys such as the European Values survey help us do just that,
Read MoreContemporary Christian beliefs and behaviours in Western Europe are rarely researched beyond the national level. To address this knowledge gap, Pew Research have published a comprehensive 156-page research report
Read MoreIn 2016, the Pew Research Centre estimated that one in every twenty Europeans self identifies as ‘Muslim’, making a total Muslim population in Europe of just under 26 million. This is a significant increase over the 2010 population that Pew reported at 19.5 million. in the context of Islam, and has already been in the margins for decades
Read MoreThere is no such person as a ‘typical’ migrant in Europe. The experiences of the trafficked girl from Eastern Europe, the African family living just down the road or an Asian working in a multinational company will be worlds apart
Read MoreEuropean history reserves precious few pages to its nurture of religious freedom. The cherished religious freedom of the Greeks was embraced by the Romans. However, Domitian’s introduction of an Imperial Cult led to persecution of Christians and Jews
Read MoreIs there a relationship between religious freedoms and secularity? We take some recognized measures of religious liberty and investigate the relationship with the NOVA Index of Secularity.
Read MoreThe resources relating to religious freedom have a global rather than solely European focus, however it is possible to extract information about Europe without too much effort.
Read MoreOn the Pope’s recent visit to the UK, Benedict XVI launched a blistering attack on “aggressive secularism” which seeks to exclude “God, religion and virtue from public life”. Despite a rocky start, the media generally applauded his comments
Read MoreWednesday of Holy Week 2010. The sound of shrill trumpets and thunderous drums fill the air as marching bands accompany the Easter processions around the streets of Cordoba. Rising above it all is the minaret turned belltower of the mosque-cathedral: a potent symbol of Spain’s mixed religious heritage.
Read MoreThere are two caricatures of Muslims in Europe. The first portrays them as religious fundamentalists, potential terrorists, cultural imperialists, resistant to modernity, and intent on establishing a European Islamic superpower.
Read MoreThe call for a Europe-wide ban on wearing the burqa, from the German leader of the European Parliament’s Free Democrats, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, is the latest contribution to a growing debate about the rights of Muslim women
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Only 13% of Lithuanians pray on a regular basis, according to a recent survey. This article considers why.
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