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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe book

Volume 1: Configuring the Connections

Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

DOI link for Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe

Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe book

Volume 1: Configuring the Connections
Edited ByAnders Bäckström, Grace Davie, Ninna Edgardh, Per Pettersson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 24 February 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547558
Pages 256 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315547558
SubjectsArea Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Bäckström, A. (Ed.), Davie, G. (Ed.), Edgardh, N. (Ed.), Pettersson, P. (Ed.). (2010). Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547558

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|24 pages

The WREP Project: Genesis, Structure and Scope

ByAnders Bäckström, Grace Davie

chapter 2|14 pages

Welfare in Western Europe: Existing Regimes and Patterns of Change

ByEva Jeppsson Grassman

chapter 3|18 pages

The Church of Sweden: A Church for All, Especially the Most Vulnerable

ByNinna Edgardh, Per Pettersson 1

chapter 4|20 pages

Sacred Welfare Agents in Secular Welfare Space: The Church of Norway in Drammen

ByOlav Helge Angell

chapter 5|18 pages

The Church as a Place of Encounter: Communality and the Good Life in Finland

ByAnne Birgitta Pessi

chapter 6|18 pages

The German Dilemma: Protestant Agents of Welfare in Reutlingen

ByAnnette Leis-Peters

chapter 7|16 pages

The ‘In-Between’ Church: Church and Welfare in Darlington

ByMartha Middlemiss Lé Mon

chapter 8|18 pages

Church–State Relations in France in the Field of Welfare: A Hidden Complementarity

ByCorinne Valasik

chapter 9|20 pages

What Kind of Church? What Kind of Welfare? Conflicting Views in the Italian Case

ByAnnalisa Frisina

chapter 10|16 pages

The Disgraceful and the Divine in Greek Welfare: The Cases of Thiva and Livadeia

ByEffie Fokas, Lina Molokotos-Liederman

chapter 11|16 pages

A Preliminary Conclusion: Gathering the Threads and Moving On

ByAnders Bäckström, Grace Davie
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