Europe's Christian Comeback

Alarmist pundits prophesy that a secular Europe risks being overcome by its fast-growing Muslim population. Yet for all we hear about Islam, Europe remains a stronger Christian fortress than people realize.

BY PHILIP JENKINS | JUNE 12, 2007

ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty ImagesThe ruins of faith: European Christianity may be down, but its certainly not out.

The West is awash with fear of the Islamization of Europe. The rise of Islam, many warn, could transform the continent into Eurabia, a term popularized by Harvard historian Niall Ferguson and other pundits. A youthful Muslim society to the south and east of the...

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