ABSTRACT
In this essay I shall be making certain assumptions unconnected with any personal views about further European integration. I assume that a question about how religion does or does not contribute to European integration is an empirical question, and if the answer is rather discouraging then that is what I have to report. No doubt the question itself is embedded in normative concerns, such as those now focused on the European Constitution, and it might be possible to respond drawing on carefully selected religious norms relevant to those concerns, but that is not my main task.
