It took only few years before the countries from the Communist block dismantled the one party systems and introduced political pluralism as a precondition to transition into democracies.
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For some years, a number of scholars, such as Linda Woodhead and Paul Heelas (2005) and David Tacey (2000), have been arguing that the world, or at least the Western world, is going through a spiritual revolution.
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The values and beliefs of European students are often assumed rather than known. As a result the gospel of Jesus Christ is sometimes expressed in terms which make little sense to today’s European students.
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In the mid-1990s I attended a UK conference of educators and school chaplains. Many questions were addressed but one was left unresolved, probably the most important question; ‘What exactly is spirituality?’
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For Christians who want to adopt a missional mindset, Michael Frost poses the following important question: what does the reign of God through Christ look like in my neighbourhood?
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One person’s viewpoint alone however well informed, can never give a true picture of what is happening; particularly in a continent as diverse as Europe. What is needed are thoughtful and perceptive insights into the realities of mission practice across Europe - from those engaged in mission. In other words, Europe needs “reflective practitioners
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In the last decade the term ‘missional’ has become a prominent focus among American, Australian and British authors. The missional conversation is often misunderstood or even dismissed as a new recipe for making struggling churches successful.
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In the early days of European integration Christians were heavily represented in the decision-making bodies of the European Communities. As European society changed, however, Christian influence in national governments, and correspondingly the European Council, declined.
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London City Mission exists ‘to share with the people of London, patiently, sensitively and individually, the transforming love of God in Jesus Christ, and to enable them to join his Church’
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The three missional practices explored in this paper bear all the hallmarks of not only a robust and thorough-going missiology but missiological methodologies that embrace the challenges and changes in the contemporary Western contex
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In Vista 13 we sought to gain even greater perspective by asking critical friends to give their viewpoint on the State of Europe. In this edition we provide four alternative viewpoints from within,
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Europe suffers from amnesia. She has forgotten the source of her identity and of the values that shaped her culture. She has lost sight of the underlying unity expressed in the word “European”
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The reflections on Europe in the last issue of Vista (Vista 13, April 2013) contained naturally, a number of emphases on the economic and political crisis in the Eurozone, the secularism of the continent, and a lament that the continent that was once a missionary powerhouse was arguably in terminal decline
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There are two main observations that come to mind as Albania, an eastern European country thinks about the EU. The secular observation focuses on the hopeful economic development that EU countries could extend over to our country
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Spain has always had a rather love/hate relationship with the rest of Europe. Throughout its history Spain has allied with the Dutch, English and Germans against the French, with the French against the English, and found itself alone facing Germany, France and England.
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Sedlacek’s book Economics of Good and Evil (EGE) marks a fascinating departure from mainstream economic thought and provides the reader with a captivating smorgasbord of interactions across diverse fields
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Writing a book about Europe is not the best way to boost your pension contributions in the current climate. It seems that precious few people care anymore about the European Union.
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For so many years we were hearing and almost believing that the church in Europe is about to die. Now we are learning that the church in Europe is only sleeping and that the Lord is about to awaken it
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While I certainly wouldn’t consider myself an authority on Europe, what follows are my own perceptions that come from many years of involvement in mission in Europe
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It doesn’t take more than a cursory glance (and I took more than a cursory glance) at the regional English-language papers to notice that the primary interest in things European is an economic interest.
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