The Religiosity of Europeans: Diversity and Common Tendencies

This paper presents the evolution of the religious panorama in various European countries, underlining the importance of the phenomenon of secularization and the emergence of recomposed beliefs in floating and hesitant forms. It also shows the wide-reaching diversity of religiosity in the different European countries and maintains that it is not possible to argue that the religious situation of Europe is exceptional compared with that of the rest of world. It analyzes the sociology of believers and unbelievers and shows that the world of religiosity and non-belief always has a strong impact on value systems.