Europe: The Exceptional Case

Darton, Longman & Todd

2002

xii, 180 p.

Sarum Theological Lectures

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169–177) and index

978-0232524253

Setting the scene : the parameters of faith in modern Europe ; American activity : a vibrant religious market ; Latin America : an example of global Pentecostalism ; African initiatives : an alternative view of global religion ; Diaspora populations : Christian communities in the Far East ; Conceptual maps

Review: «Europe: the Exceptional Case examines the nature of European religion within a global context, concluding that Europe increasingly looks like an exceptional case when it comes to matters of faith. Europeans find this hard to believe: they are prone to think that what happens in Europe today will happen elsewhere in the world tomorrow. Hence their conviction that as the world modernises, it will necessarily secularise. Grace Davie argues that European religion is not a model for export; it is something distinct, peculiar to the European corner of the world and needs to be understood in these terms.»

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