Readers of Vista can hardly be unaware that over the last five years or so, the wearing of a cross in public or the displaying of a crucifix on the walls of a public school, hospital or office has become a focus for social policy legislators
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On the Pope’s recent visit to the UK, Benedict XVI launched a blistering attack on “aggressive secularism” which seeks to exclude “God, religion and virtue from public life”. Despite a rocky start, the media generally applauded his comments
Read MoreWednesday of Holy Week 2010. The sound of shrill trumpets and thunderous drums fill the air as marching bands accompany the Easter processions around the streets of Cordoba. Rising above it all is the minaret turned belltower of the mosque-cathedral: a potent symbol of Spain’s mixed religious heritage.
Read MoreThere are two caricatures of Muslims in Europe. The first portrays them as religious fundamentalists, potential terrorists, cultural imperialists, resistant to modernity, and intent on establishing a European Islamic superpower.
Read MoreThe call for a Europe-wide ban on wearing the burqa, from the German leader of the European Parliament’s Free Democrats, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, is the latest contribution to a growing debate about the rights of Muslim women
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How can we respond practically to the challenge of Islam in Europe and what resources are available to help?
Read MoreNationalist and right-wing populist parties are continuing to win votes in regional, national and European elections whilst exploiting popular concern about the presence of immigrants in Europe
Read MoreOnly 13% of Lithuanians pray on a regular basis, according to a recent survey. This article considers why.
Read MoreAbout 500 people who had recently come to faith in four EKD regions (Mecklenburg, Saxonia, Württemberg and the Rhineland) completed questionnaires about their conversion experience.
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