Tag: Christian faith and the making of Europe
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For the better and for worse
The fourth of the four European paradox addressed by Evert van de Poll. This is a draft of the future reedition of his book ‘Europe and the Gospel’ (1st part here, 2nd part here, 3rd part here) We should hasten to add that we are dealing here, not with Christianity in general, but with European Christianity. We…
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Most christianised and most secularised
The second of the four European paradox addressed by Evert van de Poll. This is a draft of the future reedition of his book ‘Europe and the Gospel’ (1st part here, 2nd part here) We note a third paradox; i.e. the ambiguous relation between Europe and the Christian religion. Ever since the Gospel became known to…
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So diverse, yet so much in common
The second of the four European paradox addressed by Evert van de Poll. This is a draft of the future reedition of his book ‘Europe and the Gospel’ (1st part here) We have in Europe a great number of peoples and nation states living apart but together. They are very different from each other. Don’t…
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Four European paradox (Part I)
Dr. Evert van de Poll exposes four European paradox. Today we start with the first one. This is an extract of the future new edition of his book ‘Europe and the Gospel’ . Living inside and feeling outside To begin with, where is Europe? Are we talking about somewhere or something outside our national or…
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Europe and the Gospel
Starting from today, the Schuman Centre will publish some extracts of the future new edition of the book ‘Europe and the Gospel’ by Evert Van de Poll, which will be published soon. We start today with the introduction of the book. Having pursued my walk of life in different European countries and having been engaged…