The Future of Christianity in Western Europe: The End of a World
It is widely known that Christianity in Western Europe is in crisis. And it is commonplace to blame secularization, or the media, or the weight of history for this sad state of affairs. But what if the calamity that is shaking Christianity in Old Europe is not uniquely the result of the accidents of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2006
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Missiology
Year: 2006, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 309-324 |
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Summary: | It is widely known that Christianity in Western Europe is in crisis. And it is commonplace to blame secularization, or the media, or the weight of history for this sad state of affairs. But what if the calamity that is shaking Christianity in Old Europe is not uniquely the result of the accidents of history, or the wear of time, but grows as well from its inner dynamics and self understandings? This article proposes to look at France as a case study to examine that question. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182960603400302 |