An article from Vista Magazine (1st part here) When can a Western European be considered a Church-attending Christian? Perhaps frustratingly for an evangelical mission or church leader, church- attending Christians are predominantly to be found in the traditionally Roman Catholic…
An article from edition 31 of Vista magazine. A response to the Pew research center’s 2018 report, Being Christian in Western Europe Contemporary Christian beliefs and behaviours in Western Europe are rarely researched beyond the national level. To address this knowledge…
A typical European phenomenon What is nominal Christianity? While Christians usually define 'nominal Christians' by what they are not (see 1st part), this second part of the article of Evert van de Poll for the Vista magazine (Issue 31) tries…
A typically European phenomenon An article from Evert van de Poll for Vista Magazine (Issue 31). One of the most striking aspects of the socioreligious context of Europe is the high proportion of so-called nominal Christians. These are people who are affiliated…
Secular and Multi-Religious An article from Evert van de Poll for Vista Magazine. (Part I here) Resource and reassurance A second aspect of the SMR society is the recognition of the importance of religion, and Christianity in particular, for the cohesion of…
