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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255283603321

Autore

Royce Mark R

Titolo

The Political Theology of European Integration : Comparing the Influence of Religious Histories on European Policies / / by Mark R. Royce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-53447-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 310 p. 9 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy, , 2731-6777

Disciplina

320.94

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Religion and politics

Regionalism

World politics

Religion and sociology

European Politics

Politics and Religion

Political History

Sociology of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. From Cross to Constitution -- 2. God and Man in Europe -- 3. A Theologico-Political Analysis -- 4. Theology and Integration -- 5. The Christian Confederalism of Switzerland -- 6. The Lutheran Intergovernmentalism of Norway -- 7. The Protestant Supranationalism of Britain -- 8. The Christian Federalism of Germany -- 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the connections between diverging postwar European integration policies and intra-Christian divisions to argue that supranational integration originates from Roman Catholic internationalism, and that resistance to integration, conversely, is based in Protestantism. Royce supports this thesis through a rigorously supported historical narrative, arguing that sixteenth-century theological conflicts generated seventeenth-century constitutional solutions, which ultimately effected the political choices both for and



against integration during the twentieth century. Beginning with a survey of all ecclesiastical laws of seventeen West European countries and concluding with a full discussion of the Brexit vote and emerging alternatives to the EU, this examination of the political theology surrounding the European Union will appeal to all scholars of EU politics, modern theology, religious sociology, and contemporary European history.