In 2010, UK Prime Minister David Cameron formally launched the Big Society, aimed at ‘creating a nation of empowered citizens and communities’.
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The European Evangelical Alliance and CARE are just two of several Christian organisations engaging with the European Parliament on issues as diverse as religious freedom, climate change and trafficking.
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I know a church which one hundred years ago had 900 young people attending its Sunday school every week. Its current weekly attendance is probably closer to 90, of all ages. What went wrong?
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In this edition of Vista we wanted to feature some examples of spiritual vitality amongst young people from across Europe. These are only four of many we could have chosen but reflect the diversity and dynamism of Christian youth ministries today
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What does the data of the latest wave of the European Values Study reveal about the spirituality of Europe’s young people today?
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‘10 from 2010’: challenges facing Europe’s churches and their work among young people
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A survey of some helpful resources for mission in Europe amongst young people.
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While Europe as a whole may be seen as increasingly secular, there are a surprising number of mentions of God, the church and religion in the constitutions of individual countries. The table below gives an overview
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Is there any reliable way to assess the process of secularisation? If secularity is the result of this process is there any way to meassure the current state of secularity in Europe?
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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
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Wednesday 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.
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There 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.
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The 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?
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Nationalist 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
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Only 13% of Lithuanians pray on a regular basis, according to a recent survey. This article considers why.
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About 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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