Religion and Civil Society in Europe

Joep de Hart is endowed Professor in the Sociology of Religion at the Protestant Theological University (Amsterdam/Groningen), and a research fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Social Research | SCP. Paul Dekker is Professor of Civil Society at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and a research fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research | SCP.Loek Halman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and one of the coordinators of the European Values Study.

• Acknowledgements.- Note on the European Values Study as Main Data Source.- Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction: European Diversity and Divergences; Joep de Hart, Paul Dekker and Loek Halman.- Chapter 2. Religion and Civil Society: Theoretical Reflections; David Herbert.- Chapter 3. Religion, State and Civil Society in Europe: Triangular Entanglements; John Madeley.- Chapter 4. The Dynamics of Civil Society: Density, Age, Fertility and Completeness in the Religious Voluntary Sector; Sigrid Roßteutscher.- Chapter 5. Secularization and Shifting Sources of Morality: Religion and Morality in Contemporary Europe; Loek Halman and Erik van Ingen.- Chapter 6. Social Trust and Religion in Sweden: Theological Belief vs. Social Organization; Susanne Wallman Lundåsen and Lars Trägård..- Chapter 7. Religion and Civil Society in Italy and Other Latin Countries; Franco Garelli.- Chapter 8. Secular Values, Religious Beliefs and Civil Life: A Comparative Analysis of Helping Values and Behaviour; Kingsley Purdam and Ingrid Storm.- Chapter 9. Religion, Spirituality and Civic Participation; Joep de Hart and Paul Dekker.- Chapter 10. The Spiritual Revolution and Social Capital in Denmark; Peter Lünchau.- Chapter 11. Religion and Social Participation in Postcommunist Europe; Mălina Voicu and Claudiu Tufiş.- Chapter 12. Religion and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Space; Olga Balakireva and Yuliya Sereda.- Chapter 13. The Impact of Religion on the Political Participation of Muslims: The Case of Switzerland; Marco Giugni, Matteo Gianni and Noémi Michel.- Chapter 14. Democracy, Civil Society and Islam; Yilmaz Esmer.- Chapter 15. Does Praying Together Means Staying Together?: Religion and Civic Engagement in Europe and the United States; Pippa Norris.- Index.