Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union

1. Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union: An Introduction Lucian N. Leustean and John T. S. Madeley Religious Identity and the European Union 2. European Integration, Laicite and Religion Jean-Paul Willaime 3. Religion: A Solution or a Problem for the Legitimisation of the European Union? Francois Foret 4. A European Battlefield: Does the EU Have a Soul? Is Religion In or Out of Place in the European Union? Carin Laudrup 5. From Hammer and Sickle to Star and Crescent: The Question of Religion for European Identity and a Political Europe Benoit Challand 6. European Enlargement, Secularisation and Religious Re-publicisation in Central and Eastern Europe David Herbert and Max Fras Religious and Political Leaders in the Construction of the European Union 7. Cracks in a Facade of Unity: The French and Italian Christian Democrats and the Launch of the European Integration Process, 1945–1957 Linda Risso 8. Alcide De Gasperi and Antonio Messineo: A Spiritual Idea of Politics and a Pragmatic Idea of Religion? Guilio Venneri and Paolo O. Ferrara 9. Papal Thought on Europe and the European Union in the Twentieth Century Blandine Chelini-Pont 10. Religion and Law in the European Union Towards a ‘Common Law’ on Religion in the European Union Norman Doe 11. Voices in the Wilderness: The Established Church of England and the European Union Mark Hill Religious Lobbies in the European Union 12. Religious Lobbies in the European Union: From Dominant Church to Faith-Based Organisation? Martin Steven 13. The European Union and the New Religious Movements Sabrina Pastorelli 14. The Logic of Structured Dialogue between Religious Associations and the Institutions of the European Union Kenneth Houston