From Vista Magazine When Vista began ten years ago we believed there was a need for solid research-based information on mission in Europe. Europe is such a diverse and dynamic context for mission. Each European situation is unique yet, at the same…
From Vista Magazine Europe's history is a story of conflict. For centuries, the nations of Europe have fought bloody wars over territory, power and religion. However, since 1945 Europe has experienced an unprecedented period of peace. Of course, that isn't…
For the first part of the article, click here. Interest in the link between religion and fertility has increased remarkably in the last twenty years. An online Religion and Fertility Bibliography now runs to more than 700 books and articles. The societal…
An article from Jim Memory for Vista Magazine. A demographic perspective on secularisation The famous maxim that “demography is destiny” may, or may not, be attributable to Auguste Comte, but it was certainly Comte who first wrote about how population…
From Vista Magazine To date there have been two principal attempts to make Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age more accessible to the general reader. In How (Not) to Be Secular, philosopher James K.A. Smith presents Taylor’s magnum opus as a three-dimensional map for “thecomplex and…
