WP49 Conference: "The Social Dimension of Religion in Civil Society"

Tid: 17 - 19 September 2009
Plats: Ersta Sköndals universitet, Stockholm
Arrangör: Nätverket CINEFOGO, Ersta Sköndals universitet och Näderländska institut för social forskning.


"Objectives
The place of religion in modern European societies has for some time been a relatively neglected question among scholars outside of departments of theology and religion. This absence of interest has to be understood against the background of both the relatively secular character of many European societies and the dominance of a secularization thesis that understood religion to be a relic of a past soon to be entirely overtaken by a post-religious, secular social order.

In fact, Europe stands out as an oddity in a global context where even other Western countries, prominently the United States, are intensely religious. Furthermore, with increased immigration and the rise of new forms of religiosity in Europe, it now appears that claims of the imminent decline of religion may have been premature. Moreover, in the wake of the many challenges faced by the European welfare states has followed an increased interest in the character and role of European civil society, not least the role of civil society in the provision of welfare, identity and community."

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