Abstract
Combining empirical data and original analysis, this volume offers a uniquely detailed account of Christianity in Eastern Europe and Southern EuropeProfiles of Christianity in every country in Eastern and Southern Europe, coupled with attractive presentations of statistical and demographic information.Analyses of leading features and current trends in regard to Christianity in Eastern and Southern Europe, written by local scholars with expertise in their field.Essays examining each of the major Christian traditions as they are finding expression in Eastern and Southern Europe.Essays assessing the direction of Christian faith in Eastern and Southern Europe in relation to such key themes as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, gender, inter-faith relations, social media, migration and refugees, secularisation and secularism.Building on the success of Edinburgh University Press’s highly acclaimed Atlas of Global Christianity, this volume is the ninth in a series of reference works that takes the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail. It focuses on Christianity in Eastern and Southern Europe, covering every country and offering both reliable empirically researched demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps the religion’s patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes, and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every country in Eastern and Southern Europe, this volume will become a standard work of reference in its field.