Christianity in Western and Northern Europe

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Annemarie C. Mayer is Professor of Dogmatic Theology and the History of Dogma at the Theological Faculty of Trier, Germany. From 2013 to 2021 she held the Chair of Theology, Religion and Contemporary Culture at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. From 2011 to 2013 she was the Catholic consultant to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University's Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

• Series PrefaceVolume PrefaceContributorsIntroductionA Demographic Profile of Christianity in Western and Northern EuropeGina A. ZurloChristianity in Western and Northern EuropeAnnemarie C. MayerCountriesIcelandSólveig Anna BóasdóttirIrelandGabriel FlynnBritain, Channel Islands and Isle of ManAndrew ChandlerBelgium and LuxembourgJan de VolderNetherlandsKarim Schelkens and Joep van GennipFrance and MonacoCharles MercierGermanyFriederike NüsselAustriaRegina PolakSwitzerland and LiechtensteinSarah SchollNorwayJoar HagaDenmark and the Faroe IslandsJonas Adelin JørgensenSwedenJohannes Habib ZeilerFinlandMinna Hietamäki and Pekka MetsoEstoniaPriit RohtmetsLatviaDace BalodeLithuaniaNerijus PipirasMajor Christian TraditionsAnglicansJeremy MorrisIndependentsIsrael Oluwole OlofinjanaOrthodoxChristine ChaillotProtestantsEva Christina NilssonCatholicsWolfgang ThönissenEvangelicalsThomas Schirrmacher and Frank HinkelmannPentecostals/CharismaticsMartina BjörkanderKey ThemesFaith and CultureMika VähäkangasWorship and SpiritualityHanne Lamparter and Dagmar HellerTheologyDorothea SattlerSocial and Political ContextKeith W. ClementsMission and EvangelismStefan PaasGenderMa. Adeinev Reyes-Espiritu and Annemie DillenReligious FreedomDennis PetriInter-religious RelationsAnja Middelbeck-VarwickSecularisationJocelyne CesariDiaspora ChurchesMor Polycarpus A. AydinThe European UnionAikaterini PekridouConclusionThe Future of Christianity in Western and Northern EuropeJayne SvenungssonAppendicesChristianity by CountryMethodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. ZurloIndex

This volume offers comprehensive coverage of home-grown institutions and global movements in Europe. With the series’ hallmark attention to good scholarship from those who have a personal and professional interest in their subjects, this is an invaluable reference book for students of theology, religious studies and sociology.