A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Changes In the Religious Landscape: European Trends at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century
Authors: Martikainen, Tuomas
Publisher: Svenska institutet för missionsforskning
Publication year: 2007
Journal: Svensk Missionstidskrift
Journal name in source: Svensk missionstidskrift.
Volume: 95
Issue: 4
First page : 365
Last page: 385
ISSN: 0346-217X
This article looks at European trends among religions from the perspective of the sociology of religion. It argues that the locus of religion/religiosity is shifting within the sphere of religious organisations and activity, and that the position of religion/spirituality seems to be changing in society at large and its boundaries or limits are being questioned. This is taking place in a social environment where international interdependency is growing. It seems that the post-Westphalian order of state-religion relations is being questioned, and there is a search for a new equilibrium in state-religion relations as part of the processes of Europeanisation and globalisation.