https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-74-guadix-spain After the Spaniards ended Muslim rule in Andalusia, they didn’t impose a cult of personality with statues of the emperor as conquering empires often do.Why didn’t they do this? And what did they do instead? To discover this, we…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-73-castala-spain The presence of church buildings in Andalusia may seem normal. After all, Spain is strongly Roman Catholic. And yet, the history of this region reveals that a Christian presence can’t be taken for granted. For the third stage of…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-72-santiago-de-compostela-spain El Camino de Santiago is probably the most popular pilgrimage for Roman Catholic believers. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people walk along the Way to reach Santiago de Compostela. But does the capital of Galicia have anything to…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-71-tarragona-spain Christianity in Spain is often associated with the bloodshed of the Inquisition. While this is a sad reality of the past, it would be a mistake to reduce the influence of the Gospel to that, because the message of…
https://soundcloud.com/aeuropeanjourney/a-european-journey-70-scy-chazelles-france In 1945, a war had devastated Europe once again. The continent was now in need of a new direction, but who could provide it? Some Christian politicians believed that a free and prosperous Europe would only be possible if…
