Christianity in Western and Northern Europe

Kenneth R. Ross, Annemarie C Mayer, Todd M. Johnson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

552 Seiten

2024
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781399528160 (ISBN)

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Although the origins of Christianity lie in the Near East, Europe and Christianity have an exceptional relationship, since most Europeans perceive Christianity as a Western – more precisely, as a European – religion. The region has seen rapid social change in the 21st century, set off by factors including energy crisis and environmental awareness, poverty and exclusion, falling birthrates and increased migration, changing attitudes to sexuality, gender and family life, and challenges to Europe’s idea of itself and place in the global order. Amidst all this flux, this volume focuses on one particular issue: the rapidly changing profile of the Christian faith that has shaped the life of the European continent for a millennium and more.
At a time when patterns of Christian life and worship appear to be dying out, yet traces of new life are also appearing, this volume maps out the current reality of Christianity in Western and Northern Europe with all its questions and uncertainties.

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Annemarie C. Mayer is Professor of Dogmatic Theology and the History of Dogma at the Theological Faculty of Trier, Germany. From 2013 to 2021 she held the Chair of Theology, Religion and Contemporary Culture at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. From 2011 to 2013 she was the Catholic consultant to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceContributors

Introduction

A Demographic Profile of Christianity in Western and Northern EuropeGina A. Zurlo

Christianity in Western and Northern EuropeAnnemarie C. Mayer

Countries

IcelandSólveig Anna Bóasdóttir

IrelandGabriel Flynn

Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of ManAndrew Chandler

Belgium and LuxembourgJan de Volder

NetherlandsKarim Schelkens and Joep van Gennip

France and MonacoCharles Mercier

GermanyFriederike Nüssel

AustriaRegina Polak

Switzerland and LiechtensteinSarah Scholl

NorwayJoar Haga

Denmark and the Faroe IslandsJonas Adelin Jørgensen

SwedenJohannes Habib Zeiler

FinlandMinna Hietamäki and Pekka Metso

EstoniaPriit Rohtmets

LatviaDace Balode

LithuaniaNerijus Pipiras

Major Christian Traditions

AnglicansJeremy Morris

IndependentsIsrael Oluwole Olofinjana

OrthodoxChristine Chaillot

ProtestantsEva Christina Nilsson

CatholicsWolfgang Thönissen

EvangelicalsThomas Schirrmacher and Frank Hinkelmann

Pentecostals/CharismaticsMartina Björkander

Key Themes

Faith and CultureMika Vähäkangas

Worship and SpiritualityHanne Lamparter and Dagmar Heller

TheologyDorothea Sattler

Social and Political ContextKeith W. Clements

Mission and EvangelismStefan Paas

GenderMa. Adeinev Reyes-Espiritu and Annemie Dillen

Religious FreedomDennis Petri

Inter-religious RelationsAnja Middelbeck-Varwick

SecularisationJocelyne Cesari

Diaspora ChurchesMor Polycarpus A. Aydin

The European UnionAikaterini Pekridou

Conclusion

The Future of Christianity in Western and Northern EuropeJayne Svenungsson

Appendices

Christianity by Country

Methodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity
Zusatzinfo	12 colour plate pages
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781399528160 / 9781399528160
Zustand	Neuware