Download or read book Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe written by Per Pettersson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the changing nature of both religion and welfare in Europe. It is the second of two volumes. Together they examine the function of majority churches as agents of social welfare in eight European societies (Sweden, Finland, Norway, England, Germany, France, Italy and Greece). Volume 2 explores the connections between religion and welfare from three perspectives: sociology, gender and theology. The authors ask new questions about the religious and the secular and the implications of each for the process known as secularization. Looking carefully at the gendered nature of care.