God and the EU (eBook, ePUB)

Retrieving the Christian Inspirations of the European Project
Redaktion: Chaplin, Jonathan; Wilton, Gary

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The current political, economic and financial crises facing the EU reveal a deeper cultural, indeed spiritual, malaise - a crisis in 'the soul of Europe'. Many observers are concluding that the 'soul of Europe' cannot be restored to health without a new appreciation of the contribution of religion to its past and future, and especially that of its hugely important but widely neglected Christian heritage, which is alive today even amidst advancing European secularization.

This book offers a fresh, constructive and critical understanding of Christian contributions to the origin and development of the EU from a variety of theological and national perspectives. It explains the Christian origins of the EU, documents the various ways in which it has been both affirmed and critiqued from diverse theological perspectives, offers expert, theologically-informed assessments of four illustrative policy areas of the EU (trade, finance, environment, science), and also reports on the place of religion in the EU, including how religious freedom is framed and how contemporary religious (including Muslim) actors relate to EU institutions and vice versa.

The book fills a major gap in the current debate about the future of the European project and will be of interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and European studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317439202
• Artikelnr.: 44473063

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Chaplin is Director of Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Cambridge and member of the Divinity faculty, Cambridge University, UK. Gary Wilton is Programme Director of Faith and International Affairs, Wilton Park-Executive Agency of FCO, and former Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the European Union.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Rowan Williams. Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors.
Introduction Jonathan Chaplin and Gary Wilton PART ONE: THE EU: CHRISTIAN
INSPIRATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT Chapter 1: Christianity at the Founding: the
Legacy of Robert Schuman Gary Wilton Chapter 2: European Integration: a
Catholic Perspective John Loughlin Chapter 3: The EU: Protestant
Contributions, Then and Now Sander Luitwieler Chapter 4: New Worlds and New
Churches: the Orthodox Church(es) and the European Union Peter Petkoff
Chapter 5: The German Social Market Economy: its Theological Justification
and Role in European Integration Werner Lachmann Chapter 6: Market-State or
Commonwealth? Europe's Christian Heritage and the Future of the European
Polity Adrian Pabst Chapter 7: European Union, Identity and Place Joshua
Hordern PART TWO: RELIGION AND THE POLICIES OF THE EU Chapter 8: European
Religious Freedom and the EU Thomas Schirrmacher and Jonathan Chaplin
Chapter 9: The Representation of Religion in the European Union Lucian N.
Leustean Chapter 10: God and the Constitution Guy Milton Chapter 11:
Christian Economic Ethics and the Euro: Which Way to Go? Johan Graafland
Chapter 12: The Greening of the EU? A Christian Assessment of the EU's
Environmental Policies for Biodiversity and Nature Janice Weatherley Singh,
Tiago Branco and Marcial Felgueiras Chapter 13: A Soul for European
Science: Exploring the New Renaissance in the European Research Area Diana
Jane Beech Conclusion - Christianity and the Soul(s) of Europe Jonathan
Chaplin