Three years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury gathered a group of experts together at Lambeth Palace to seek ways to restore ethics and justice in global economics after the financial turmoil beginning in 2007.
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Is Europe so culturally diverse, that any talk of common values is to fly in the face of nationalisms and regionalisms which define their identities over and against Europe?
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Population experts predict that in fifty years’ time the European population is going to look very different to that of today. Over the next fifty years the number of 20 to 49 year olds, males and females, will decline dramatically, by approximately 40-60 million.
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European history reserves precious few pages to its nurture of religious freedom. The cherished religious freedom of the Greeks was embraced by the Romans. However, Domitian’s introduction of an Imperial Cult led to persecution of Christians and Jews
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Is there a relationship between religious freedoms and secularity? We take some recognized measures of religious liberty and investigate the relationship with the NOVA Index of Secularity.
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The resources relating to religious freedom have a global rather than solely European focus, however it is possible to extract information about Europe without too much effort.
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Church planting is often claimed to be the most effective form of evangelism, or the surest way to impact a community for God, yet can this claim be justified? And just what do we mean by effectiveness?
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Church planting in Europe continues today, at a pace that can be hard to keep track of. This article explores some of the models and points to information and resources for you to find out more.
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A selection of books about different forms of church planting
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If you ask an average European whether politics is important in their lives more than half of them will say that it is not. The European Values Study suggests that Europeans are disengaged from political participation but remain avid consumers of political ideas.
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One hundred and twenty-five million Europeans claim that their religious convictions influence their political choices
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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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