Religion in Modern Europe examines religion as a form of collective memory. This is a
memory held in place by Europe's institutional churches, educational systems, and the mass …

In this essay we attempt to do four things. First, we discuss the appeal of quantitative data
generally and the particular salience of the Pew Research Center data on religious …

Religious diversity has been increasing in many societies due to increased migration, new
religious movements, and new ways of being religious or spiritual in contemporary society …

This article argues for a re‐appreciation of explicit and self‐reflective historicising,
comparing, and theorising as three research practices that offer the best answers to the main …

In 2015, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church issued an unusual statement declaring that the
arrival of refugees represented a “true invasion” in the region. One year later, during debates …

The rate of business formation is higher in countries that rank better on dimensions of social
progress. This creates a need for investment capital and helps drive a positive relation …

“The melancholy science… relates to a realm which has counted, since time immemorial, as
the authentic one of philosophy, but which has, since its transformation into method, fallen …

This article brings together two rather different trends in the religious life of twenty-first
century Europe. On the one hand, secularization continues—faster in some places than …

This article outlines the process of religious change in Venezuela utilizing survey data from
1999 through 2017 and addresses the political implications of growing religious diversity …

This article brings together the notions of religious diversity and social progress and argues,
against the sceptics, that the former can–and indeed must–contribute positively to the latter …