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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

Bäckström, Anders
Davie, Grace
Edgardh, Ninna

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Religion General General Sociology

ISBN10: 0754661083
ISBN13: 9780754661085
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 11 2011
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process that is occurring in most, if not all, European societies for a wide variety of reasons? The implications for welfare are considerable, not least for the role of the churches which begin to resume the responsibilities previously shed but in new and different ways. This book looks at the connections between religion and welfare in Europe, exploring in detail eight European societies - Finland, Norway, Sweden, England, Germany, France, Italy and Greece. The different theological traditions, different church-state relationships and different welfare regimes are all examined. The analysis is based on first hand empirical research which examines not only the changing situation on the ground, but attitudes towards this within a range of different constituencies - the churches, local government and the general public. Particular attention is paid to the significance of gender in both the process of change and in attitudes towards this. Welfare and Religion in 21st century Europe Volume 1 represents comparative research at its best and highlights key policy implications for the future. A companion book, Welfare and Religion in 21st century Europe Volume 2 explores thematically the changing nature of religion and welfare and the new relationships that are emerging between the religious and the secular, and between church and state in the 21st century.

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