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Christianity in Western and Northern Europe

Kenneth R. Ross (Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Zomba Theological University), Annemarie C Mayer (Professor of Dogmatic Theology and the History of Dogma), Todd M. Johnson (Paul E. and Eva B. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

Christianity in Western and Northern Europe

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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

ISBN: 9781399528160

Number of Pages: 552

Published: 30/04/2024

Width: 18.9 cm

Height: 24.6 cm

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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.

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

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.