religion in Europe
Let an agent describe religion in Europe with survey and census statistics and attribution, explain the distribution of traditions and secularisation trends, describe legal frameworks by country, and present regional and contested situations neutrally.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Describe Landscape.
Overview
Overview.
Overview
Overview.
- What is the religious composition of Europe and its regions, from surveys and censuses? measurement
- Is the figure current and sourced? boundary
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How are the major traditions distributed, and how do they describe themselves? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific religion or country? action
Law Law and freedom.
Frameworks
State-religion relations.
Frameworks
Frameworks.
- How do European states relate to religion, from state churches to laicite? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Freedom
Freedom of religion.
Freedom
Freedom.
- How do the ECHR and courts protect freedom of religion, and what cases are notable, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Trends Trends and debates.
Secularisation
Secularisation.
Secularisation
Secularisation.
- How has affiliation changed, and what do researchers say about causes and exceptions? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist on religious symbols, migration and minority rights, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Context History and regions.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Europe religious landscape form through Christianisation, schism, Reformation and modernity? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of Christianity in Europe? action
Regions
Regions.
Regions
Regions.
- How does religion vary in regions such as the Balkans and Ireland? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Christianity in Europe, Hinduism in Europe, Bahá'í Faith in Europe, Buddhism in Europe, religion in the Balkans, religion in Ireland, Protestantism in Europe, Catholic Church in Europe, Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Baltics, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland, Christianity in Northern Europe
What it is Filled
The religious landscape of Europe, historically shaped by Christianity in its Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant forms, with significant Muslim populations in the Balkans, Russia and through migration, Jewish communities reduced by the Holocaust, and growing Buddhist, Hindu, Baha i and other communities, alongside large and increasing unaffiliated populations especially in Western and Northern Europe; the picture varies from highly religious countries in the Balkans and Ireland to largely secular societies, with legal frameworks from state churches to strict secularism.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe religion in Europe with survey and census statistics and attribution, explain the distribution of traditions and secularisation trends, describe legal frameworks by country, and present regional and contested situations neutrally.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Christian heritage
- Marked secularisation
- Regional contrasts
- Varied state-religion relations
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present survey estimates as exact counts of believers.
- Infer a person's religion from their name, origin or neighbourhood.
- Use religious demography to argue that a group threatens or replaces another.
- Flatten diverse communities into single blocs.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing projections of religious change that could be used politically.
May
- Report religious affiliation figures with their source, year and method.
- Describe the main traditions and their histories from scholarly sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Religious demography is used in campaigns that incite hostility to minorities.
- Europe's Jewish and Muslim communities carry histories of persecution that frame any figures.
Who is affected
- Religious minorities
- Jewish and Muslim communities
- Non-religious people
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; each community governs itself and statistical offices publish figures.
Master systems
- National censuses and religion surveys
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q13198592 - registry parent class
related
- religion on the Earth - in registry terms
- Europe - the continent
- Christianity - historically and numerically
- Pew Research Center - and the European Values Study
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.religion-in-europe
- Wikidata: Q2073487 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2073487)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Christians in Europe: about 70-75 percent - Pew estimates, declining
- Muslims in Europe: about 5 percent - Pew estimates
- unaffiliated in Europe: about 18-20 percent - Pew estimates, higher in the west
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Religious landscape of Europe
- Christianity, Islam, Judaism, other faiths, unaffiliated
- Religion in specific countries and regions such as the Balkans or Ireland are narrower topics
- Not a visible object; churches, mosques, synagogues and temples across the continent.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- relay statistics with sources
- explain distribution and trends
- describe legal frameworks
- present contested situations neutrally
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stale or unsourced statistics
- Presenting contested situations as settled
- Disrespectful presentation of any tradition
- Overgeneralising across diverse countries
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9
- National constitutions and church-state arrangements
- EU non-discrimination law
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a descriptive topic.
- Christianity in Europe: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant
- Islam in Europe
- Judaism in Europe
- Buddhism, Hinduism, Baha i Faith and other faiths in Europe
- unaffiliated and secular populations
- religion by region such as the Balkans and Ireland
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2073487: religion in Europe - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Religion in Europe - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should religion by country be the primary linked entries?
- How should survey sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming religions and regions; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2073487/spec.json