Christendom and European Identity : : The Legacy of a Grand Narrative since 1789 / / Mary Anne Perkins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Perkins, Mary Anne,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 40
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (385 p.)

Das neue Buch von Mary Anne Perkins zeichnet die Geschichte der Vorstellung vom „Christlichen Europa“ nach und geht ihrem bis in die Gegenwart reichenden Einfluss auf Gesellschafts- und politische Theorie, Geschichtsschreibung und -deutung, europäisches und nationales Identitätsbewusstsein nach.

This book critically explores the idea of Europe since the French Revolution from the perspective of intellectual history. It traces the dominant and recurring theme of Europe-as-Christendom in discourse concerning the relationship of religion, politics and society, in historiography and hermeneutics, and in theories and constructions of identity and ‘otherness’. It examines the evolution of a grand narrative by which European elites have sought to define European and national identity. This narrative, the author argues, maintains the existence of common historical and intellectual roots, common values, culture and religion. The book explores its powerful legacy in the positive creation of a sense of European unity, the ways in which it has been exploited for ideological purposes, and its impact on non-Christian communities within Europe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Explanatory Notes on the Text -- Introduction -- Part 1: Old and New models of Sovereignty in Europe-as-Christendom -- Part 2: ‘Christendom’ as the Realm of Universal History -- Part 3: The ‘Spirit of Europe’ and its ‘Others’ -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index