The Political Theology of European Integration

The Political Theology of European Integration
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9783319534473
ISBN-13 : 3319534475
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Book Synopsis The Political Theology of European Integration by : Mark R. Royce

Download or read book The Political Theology of European Integration written by Mark R. Royce and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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