Religion and the Struggle for European Union: Confessional Culture and the Limits of Integration
Brent F. Nelsen
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Description for Religion and the Struggle for European Union: Confessional Culture and the Limits of Integration
Paperback. Showcases the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. In this book the authors show, this deep cultural divide, rooted in the struggles of the reformation, resists the ongoing secularization of the continent. Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFE; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth delve into the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. Nelsen and Guth contend that for centuries Catholicism promoted the universality of the Church and the essential unity of Christendom. Protestantism, by contrast, esteemed particularity and feared Catholic dominance. These differing visions of Europe have influenced the process of postwar integration in profound ways. Nelsen and Guth compare the Catholic view of Europe as a single cultural entity ... Read more
In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth delve into the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. Nelsen and Guth contend that for centuries Catholicism promoted the universality of the Church and the essential unity of Christendom. Protestantism, by contrast, esteemed particularity and feared Catholic dominance. These differing visions of Europe have influenced the process of postwar integration in profound ways. Nelsen and Guth compare the Catholic view of Europe as a single cultural entity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Religion and Politics Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626160705
SKU
V9781626160705
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About Brent F. Nelsen
Brent F. Nelsen is a professor of political science at Furman University. He is the coeditor of The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of Integration and editor of Norway and the European Community. James L. Guth is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Furman University. He is the coeditor of The Oxford Handbook ... Read more
Reviews for Religion and the Struggle for European Union: Confessional Culture and the Limits of Integration
They build a compelling, coherent argument. Their narrative is rich with quotations that blend religious symbolism with political aspirations... The argument rests on a firm foundation of statistical analysis: Nelsen and Guth have pioneered the use of Eurobarometer data to explore the correlations between religious devotion and European identity, putting the findings of their many (large) statistical models to good ... Read more