The Political Theology of European Integration: Comparing the Influence of Religious Histories on European Policies 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Royce, Mark R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319534467 ISBN-13: 9783319534466 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - Political Science | International Relations - General |
Dewey: 306.6 |
Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.18 lbs) 310 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |