Religion and Society in Modern Europe

Rene Remond is President of the National Foundation of Political Sciences and a member of the Acadmie Francaise. He has taught twentieth-century history, specializing in political, religious and social history, at the University of Paris-Nanterre and at the Institute of Political Studies, Paris.

Part I: The Heritage and the Break. 1. An All-Christian Europe.

2. The Tradition Regime.

3. The Breach.

Part II: Permanent Facts.

4. 'The Religious Question' : Issues at Stake.

5. Opposing Forces and Traditions.

6. Rome and Papacy.

7. Religion and Nation. Two Universal Realities.

Part III: The Liberal Era of Secularization.

8. From Confessional State to State Neutrality.

9. From the Liberal State to Separation.

Part IV: The Second Era of Secularization.

10. Lasting Elements.

11. Factors of Renewal.

12. The Other Aspect of Secularization: The Churches' Independence.

13. An Amicable Secularization.

14. A Latent Secularization.

15. Today and Tommorrow.

Bibliography.

Suggestions for Further Reading (in English).

Index.