Religion and the struggle for European union [electronic resource] : confessional culture and the limits of integration

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Religion and the struggle for European union: [electronic resource]: confessional culture and the limits of integration / Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth.
개인저자	Nelsen, Brent F., author. Guth, James L., author.
발행사항	Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, [2015].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Nelsen, Brent F. author. Religion and the struggle for European union 9781626160705
ISBN	9781626160712 1626160716
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Framework -- Culture and integration -- Confessional cultures -- Common roots -- Reformation and reaction -- Political movements -- Constructing a new Europe -- Postwar preparation -- Catholic construction -- Protestant resistance -- Divided Europe -- Member states and elites -- Political groups -- European identity.
요약	Nelsen and Guth contend that religion, or "confessional culture," plays a powerful role in shaping European ideas about politics, attitudes toward European integration, and national and continental identities in its leaders and citizens. Catholicism has for centuries promoted the unity of Christendom, while Protestantism has valued particularity and feared Catholic dominance. These confessional cultures, the authors argue, have resulted in two very different visions of Europe that have deeply influenced the process of postwar integration. Catholics have seen Europe as a single cultural entity that is best governed by a single polity; Protestants have never felt part of continental culture and have valued national borders as protectors of liberties historically threatened by Catholic powers. Catholics have pressed for a politically united Europe; Protestants have resisted sacrificing sovereignty to federal inst1itutions, favoring pragmatic cooperation. Despite growing secularization of the continent, not to mention the impact of Islam, confessional culture still exerts enormous influence. And, the authors conclude, European elites must recognize the enduring significance of this Catholic-Protestant cultural divide as the EU attempts to solve its social and economic and political crises.
주제명(지명)	European Union countries --Politics and government. Europe --European Union countries. --fast
일반주제명	Religion and politics --European Union countries. Christianity and politics --European Union countries. Christianity and culture --European Union countries. Group identity --European Union countries. Christianity and culture. Christianity and politics. Group identity. Political science. Religion and politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.
분류기호(DDC)	322.1094
언어	영어
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