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This book paves the way for a more enlarged discussion on religion
and migration phenomena in countries of Northern and Southern
Europe. From a comparative perspective, these are regions with very
different religious traditions and different historical
State/Church relations. Although official religion persisted longer
in Nordic Protestant countries than in South Mediterranean
countries, levels of secularization are higher. In the last
decades, both Northern and Southern Europe have received strong
flows of newcomers. From this perspective, the book presents
through various theoretical lenses and empirical researches the
impact mobility and consequent religious transnationalism have on
multiple aspects of culture and social life in societies where the
religious landscapes are increasingly diverse. The chapters
demonstrate that we are dealing with complex scenarios: different
contexts of reception, different countries of origin, various
ethnicities and religious traditions (Catholics, Orthodox and
Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Buddhists). Having become plural
spaces, our societies tend to be far more concerned with the issue
of social integration rather than with that of social identities
reconstruction in society as a whole, often ignoring that today
religion manifests itself as a plurality of religions. In short,
what are the implications of newcomers for the religious life of
Europe and for the redesign of its soul?
This book paves the way for a more enlarged discussion on religion
and migration phenomena in countries of Northern and Southern
Europe. From a comparative perspective, these are regions with very
different religious traditions and different historical
State/Church relations. Although official religion persisted longer
in Nordic Protestant countries than in South Mediterranean
countries, levels of secularization are higher. In the last
decades, both Northern and Southern Europe have received strong
flows of newcomers. From this perspective, the book presents
through various theoretical lenses and empirical researches the
impact mobility and consequent religious transnationalism have on
multiple aspects of culture and social life in societies where the
religious landscapes are increasingly diverse. The chapters
demonstrate that we are dealing with complex scenarios: different
contexts of reception, different countries of origin, various
ethnicities and religious traditions (Catholics, Orthodox and
Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Buddhists). Having become plural
spaces, our societies tend to be far more concerned with the issue
of social integration rather than with that of social identities
reconstruction in society as a whole, often ignoring that today
religion manifests itself as a plurality of religions. In short,
what are the implications of newcomers for the religious life of
Europe and for the redesign of its soul?
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.
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.
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.
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.
This monograph presents computational techniques and numerical
analysis to study conservation laws under uncertainty using the
stochastic Galerkin formulation. With the continual growth of
computer power, these methods are becoming increasingly popular as
an alternative to more classical sampling-based techniques. The
text takes advantage of stochastic Galerkin projections applied to
the original conservation laws to produce a large system of
modified partial differential equations, the solutions to which
directly provide a full statistical characterization of the effect
of uncertainties. Polynomial Chaos Methods of Hyperbolic Partial
Differential Equations focuses on the analysis of stochastic
Galerkin systems obtained for linear and non-linear
convection-diffusion equations and for a systems of conservation
laws; a detailed well-posedness and accuracy analysis is presented
to enable the design of robust and stable numerical methods. The
exposition is restricted to one spatial dimension and one uncertain
parameter as its extension is conceptually straightforward. The
numerical methods designed guarantee that the solutions to the
uncertainty quantification systems will converge as the mesh size
goes to zero. Examples from computational fluid dynamics are
presented together with numerical methods suitable for the problem
at hand: stable high-order finite-difference methods based on
summation-by-parts operators for smooth problems, and robust
shock-capturing methods for highly nonlinear problems. Academics
and graduate students interested in computational fluid dynamics
and uncertainty quantification will find this book of interest.
Readers are expected to be familiar with the fundamentals of
numerical analysis. Some background in stochastic methods is useful
but notnecessary.
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