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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe - Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe - Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change (Hardcover, New Ed)
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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 considers 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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