Journal of Religion in Europe
Volume 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-154

Journeying towards multiculturalism? the relationship between immigrant Christians and Dutch indigenous churches (Article)

Frederiks M.T. , Pruiksma N.
  • a Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands
  • b Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands

Abstract

Due to globalisation and migration western Europe has become home to adherents of many different religions. This article focuses on one aspect of the changes on the religious scene; it investigates in what way immigration-and Christian immigrant religiosity particularly-has affected the structure and identity of the Dutch Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. We argue that the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands has been able to accommodate a substantial group of immigrants whilst the PCN seems to encounter more problems responding to the increasingly multicultural society. We conclude that both churches, however, in structure and theology, remain largely unaffected by the influx of immigrant Christians. © 2010 BRILL.

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Christianity Churches Protestantism Identity Netherlands multiculturalism Western Europe Immigration

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DOI: 10.1163/187489209X478328
ISSN: 18748910
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English