Religious Borders in Decomposition
Religious Borders in Decomposition

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: The article shows the long development from Christian supremacy to religious pluralism in Europe. It points out that in particular since World War II the new Islamic presence together with Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, the Bahai religion and new religious movements have considerably changed the religious landscape so that there are no religiously homogeneous areas anymore. Consequently, religious borders are externally in decomposition but they are so internally as well. In "patchwork religion", "religion à bricolage" or "religion à la carte" there are elements from different religions or from Religion/s, Eastern Wisdom, Esotericism, Alternative Medicine, Magic, and Astrology so that no clear demarcation line between these fields can be drawn anymore. In conclusion, religious borders in Europe tend to disappear externally and internally.

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