Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Volume 2: Gendered, Religious and Social Change

By Per Pettersson, Ninna Edgardh, Grace Davie, et al.

Book Overview

Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state - a shift that forms an integral part of the process of secularization and one that has been readily accepted by European populations. But what happens when the state itself begins to recede - a process t

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754661075
• ISBN13: 9780754661078
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"