Religion and the Struggle for European Union - Confessional Culture and the Limits of Integration

Informationen zum Autor Brent F. Nelsen is a professor of political science at Furman University. He is the coeditor of The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of Integration and editor of Norway and the European Community . James L. Guth is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Furman University. He is the coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics with Corwin E. Smidt and Lyman A. Kellstedt. Klappentext In "Religion and the Struggle for European Union," Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth delve into the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. Catholicism for centuries promoted the universality of the Church and the essentia Zusammenfassung Showcases the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics! political integration! and the national and continental identities of its leaders and citizens. In this book the authors show! this deep cultural divide! rooted in the struggles of the reformation! resists the ongoing secularization of the continent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: The Framework 1. Culture and Integration Part II: Confessional Cultures 2. Common Roots 3. Reformation and Reaction 4. Political Movements Part III: Constructing a New Europe 5. Postwar Preparation 6. Catholic Construction 7. Protestant Resistance Part IV: Divided Europe 8. Member States and Elites 9. Political Groups 10. European Identity Index

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• Authors: James L Guth, James L. Guth, James L. (Furman University) Guth, Guth James L., Brent F Nelsen, Brent F. Nelsen, Brent F. (Professor Nelsen, Brent F. Guth Nelsen, Nelsen Brent F.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781626160705
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-070-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Religion and Politics Series; Religion and Politics; Religion and Politics; Religion and Politics Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion & politics, Political structure & processes, Religion and Politics, EU (European Union), Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State