Pour Philip Jenkins, Christianity is back in the Old Continent

Philip Jenkins, an American professor of history and theology, considers that, despite fears caused by the rise of Islam in Europe, "The old continent will remain a Christian fortress far stronger than some may think. ... The irony lies in the fact that after centuries of rebellion, the arrival of Islam in Europe is reopening political debates that most thought obsolete, such as on freedom of expression, freedom of faith and the right to proselytize. And the controversies that are born in the Muslim world also end up inexorably increasing or restraining the rights of Christians. If all the Muslim preachers who condemn gays are to be silenced, so too should those of the charismatic Christian faith. ... The result of all this is the rediscovery of the continent's Christian roots, including by those who had long lost sight of them, and a new feeling of cultural Christianity in Europe."

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