- KU Leuven
Faculty of Arts
Department of History - MoSa
Blijde Inkomststraat 21 box 3307
B-3000 Leuven
https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/mosa - +32 16 32 49 73
Patrick Pasture
KU Leuven, Centre for European Studies, Faculty Member
- KU Leuven, History - MoSa, Faculty Memberadd
- Patrick Pasture is Full Professor of European and Global History and Co-Director of the master programme in European ... morePatrick Pasture is Full Professor of European and Global History and Co-Director of the master programme in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives at KU Leuven. He is particularly interested in how religion transforms and shapes history, considered in a global and postcolonial perspective. He has published extensively about European labour, among which a standard history of the international Christian trade union movement (Histoire du syndicalisme chrétien international: La difficile recherché d’une troisième voie, L’Harmattan, 1999) as well as about diverse aspects of the social, political and cultural history of religion in a global perspective. His book Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015, pb 2017), which digs deep into the fundamentals of European thinking, has been called one of the ten stand-out books of 2015-16 (J.H.H. Weiler, European Journal of International Law, 2017). He has also published a history of Asia (in Dutch, transl. Encounters in the East: A Global History, 2019). He is currently working on a book entitled A History of Christendom: State, Church and Religious Freedom in the West, under contract with Bloomsbury.
He was the Project Leader of the H2020 project RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace), which investigates how the experience with historical peacemaking processes can be made useful to promote religious toleration and peace in contemporary society, in particular among youth. RETOPEA has developed a methodology to stimulate tolerationby letting young people making a short vlog-like film called docutube: see zie Start · Home · Retopea.
Patrick has been a Visiting Fellow/ Scholar at the IISG (Amsterdam), the Centre d’histoire sociale du XXe siècle (Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), the University of Pennsylvania, Senior Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Institute for European History in Mainz (Germany), Visiting Professor at Kobe University (Japan), the European Program of Drew University (Brussels) and Peter Paul Rubens Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Patrick is Chair of the editorial board of Kadoc Studies in Religion, Culture and Society (book series, UPL) and member of the editorial boards of Ideas beyond Borders: Studies in Transnational Intellectual History (Routledge) and the International Journal for History, Culture, and Modernity (HCM, Brill). He is also member of the Expert Panel of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW) - interuniversity Expertise Centre for Research and Development monitoring ECOOM), and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Cegesoma (General Archives of Belgium) in Brussels.edit
'Ontmoetingen in het Oosten' analyseert de evolutie en interactie van verschillende Aziatische culturen, van de eerste beschavingen in Mesopotamië, India en China vier millennia geleden tot op vandaag. De auteur neemt je mee op een tocht... more
'Ontmoetingen in het Oosten' analyseert de evolutie en interactie van verschillende Aziatische culturen, van de eerste beschavingen in Mesopotamië, India en China vier millennia geleden tot op vandaag. De auteur neemt je mee op een tocht langs de zijderoutes tussen China, India en de Middellandse Zee. Via de Indische Oceaan en de Chinese Zee doet hij ook Zuidoost-Azië en Japan aan. Je ontdekt een geschiedenis van globalisering, multicultureel samenleven en migratie, wars van vooroordelen en taboes.
‘The Rise of the West’, de Europese dominantie op militair, wetenschappelijk en technologisch gebied sinds de late achttiende eeuw, wordt in dit boek in een ander daglicht gesteld. Patrick Pasture kijkt verder dan het gekende kolonisatieverhaal en legt de focus op de binnen-Aziatische interacties. Een van de meest verrassende conclusies is dat Aziatische goeroes al sinds het einde van de negentiende eeuw een Aziatische ‘missie’ naar het Westen organiseerden. In het algemeen wijst de auteur simpele dichotomieën als Oost/West en Noord/Zuid radicaal af, en legt hij de nadruk op de verscheidenheid van Azië.
'Ontmoetingen in het Oosten' is een boek voor wie bereid is zich open te stellen voor nieuwe inzichten, en zijn kennis van de wereldgeschiedenis en de Aziatische culturen wil verrijken.
https://www.pelckmanspro.be/ontmoetingen-in-het-oosten.html
‘The Rise of the West’, de Europese dominantie op militair, wetenschappelijk en technologisch gebied sinds de late achttiende eeuw, wordt in dit boek in een ander daglicht gesteld. Patrick Pasture kijkt verder dan het gekende kolonisatieverhaal en legt de focus op de binnen-Aziatische interacties. Een van de meest verrassende conclusies is dat Aziatische goeroes al sinds het einde van de negentiende eeuw een Aziatische ‘missie’ naar het Westen organiseerden. In het algemeen wijst de auteur simpele dichotomieën als Oost/West en Noord/Zuid radicaal af, en legt hij de nadruk op de verscheidenheid van Azië.
'Ontmoetingen in het Oosten' is een boek voor wie bereid is zich open te stellen voor nieuwe inzichten, en zijn kennis van de wereldgeschiedenis en de Aziatische culturen wil verrijken.
https://www.pelckmanspro.be/ontmoetingen-in-het-oosten.html
Research Interests:
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred its most prestigious award to the EU. This book takes this prize as a starting point to review the association of Europe's quest for peace with plans and ideals about European unity, the... more
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred its most prestigious award to the EU. This book takes this prize as a starting point to review the association of Europe's quest for peace with plans and ideals about European unity, the oldest of which can be traced back as far back as the Middle Ages. But the call for unity was not only motivated by peace and prosperity. It was also, and surprisingly even up to the 1950s, grounded in a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance in the world. Historical analysis additionally reveals a deep longing for homogeneity and an abhorrence of diversity, rooted in the early history of Western Christendom.
This book does not tell the usual story of a growing European self-consciousness. Instead, it offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the ambivalences and,divergences of the European imagination in a global context.
This book does not tell the usual story of a growing European self-consciousness. Instead, it offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the ambivalences and,divergences of the European imagination in a global context.
Research Interests:
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred its most prestigious award to the EU. This book takes this prize as a starting point to review the association of Europe's quest for peace with plans and ideals about European unity, the... more
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred its most prestigious award to the EU. This book takes this prize as a starting point to review the association of Europe's quest for peace with plans and ideals about European unity, the oldest of which can be traced back as far back as the Middle Ages. But the call for unity was not only motivated by peace and prosperity. It was also, and surprisingly even up to the 1950s, grounded in a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance in the world. Historical analysis additionally reveals a deep longing for homogeneity and an abhorrence of diversity, rooted in the early history of Western Christendom.
This book does not tell the usual story of a growing European self-consciousness. Instead, it offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the ambivalences and divergences of the European imagination in a global context.
This book does not tell the usual story of a growing European self-consciousness. Instead, it offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the ambivalences and divergences of the European imagination in a global context.
Research Interests:
Le mouvement syndical chrétien semble depuis sa naissance à la fin du XIXème siècle être à la recherche d'une troisième voie. Celle-ci se situe d'abord entre le libéralisme capitaliste d'une part et le socialisme de l'autre, mais pendant... more
Le mouvement syndical chrétien semble depuis sa naissance à la fin du XIXème siècle être à la recherche d'une troisième voie. Celle-ci se situe d'abord entre le libéralisme capitaliste d'une part et le socialisme de l'autre, mais pendant l'entre-deux-guerres elle se distingue également fortement du fascisme. Refusant la guerre froide ou se rapprochant du Tiers Monde, les syndicats chrétiens vivent une grande aventure intellectuelle et politique aboutissant peu à peu à une métamorphose vers un mouvement tiers-mondiste.
KULeuven. ...
KULeuven. ...
Drawing on research funded by the European Commission, this book explores how religious diversity has been, and continues to be, represented in cultural contexts in Western Europe, particularly to teenagers: in textbooks, museums and... more
Drawing on research funded by the European Commission, this book explores how religious diversity has been, and continues to be, represented in cultural contexts in Western Europe, particularly to teenagers: in textbooks, museums and exhibitions, popular youth culture including TV and online, as well as in political speech.
Topics include the findings from focus group interviews with teenagers in schools across Europe, the representation of minority religions in museums, migration and youth subculture.
Topics include the findings from focus group interviews with teenagers in schools across Europe, the representation of minority religions in museums, migration and youth subculture.
Research Interests:
Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly... more
Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public, cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level, institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly marginalised. Some scholars, however, speak of a repositioning of the Christian churches in post-modern Europe, citing new forms of religious life and community.
This book focuses on the complex mutations the Christian churches in Western Europe have experienced since World War II. The authors offer a comparative exploration of the situations in several countries and describe the evolution (including the specific growth or decline) of the various Christian denominations.
This book focuses on the complex mutations the Christian churches in Western Europe have experienced since World War II. The authors offer a comparative exploration of the situations in several countries and describe the evolution (including the specific growth or decline) of the various Christian denominations.
Christian ideas on family, religion, and the home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries The cult of domesticity has often been linked to the privatization of religion and the idealisation of the motherly ideal of the ‘angel in the... more
Christian ideas on family, religion, and the home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The cult of domesticity has often been linked to the privatization of religion and the idealisation of the motherly ideal of the ‘angel in the house’. This book revisits the Christian home of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and sheds new light on the stereotypical distinction between the private and public spheres and their inhabitants. Emphasizing the importance of patriarchal domesticity during the period and the frequent blurring of boundaries between the Christian home and modern society, the case studies included in this volume call for a more nuanced understanding of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Christian ideas on family, religion, and the home.
more info: http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/book/9789462700185
The cult of domesticity has often been linked to the privatization of religion and the idealisation of the motherly ideal of the ‘angel in the house’. This book revisits the Christian home of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and sheds new light on the stereotypical distinction between the private and public spheres and their inhabitants. Emphasizing the importance of patriarchal domesticity during the period and the frequent blurring of boundaries between the Christian home and modern society, the case studies included in this volume call for a more nuanced understanding of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Christian ideas on family, religion, and the home.
more info: http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/book/9789462700185
Research Interests:
Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this ‘thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches,... more
Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this ‘thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches, and the churches themselves have reacted to the association of religion and femininity, often formulated by their critics, by explicitly focusing their appeal to men. In this book the authors critically reflect upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to Christianity. By presenting case studies that adopt different gendered approaches with regard to Christian, mainly Catholic discourses and practices, the authors capture multiple ‘feminizations' and ‘masculinizations' in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. In particular, it becomes clear that the idea that Christianity took on ‘charicteristically feminine' values and practices cannot withstand the conclusion that what is considered ‘manly' or ‘feminine' depends on time, place, and context, and on the reasons why gendered metaphors are used.
This book aims at deepening our understanding of concrete, topical developments in the growth of social partnership economies. Inspired by the theory of ‘policy learning’, it discusses the impact of potential triggers, such as wars and... more
This book aims at deepening our understanding of concrete, topical developments in the growth of social partnership economies. Inspired by the theory of ‘policy learning’, it discusses the impact of potential triggers, such as wars and economic crises, on the development of consultative arrangements, questioning how policy adjustments came about and what exactly made them possible. What is the space for policy learning in institutional environments that are notorious for immobility and path-dependency? Different national case studies analyse the origins and development of different social practices and relations between the state and social partners with regard to the organisation of the economy and the labour market within Western Europe. Special emphasis is given to Belgium, the «quintessential European state», and to the Netherlands, the home of the illustrious «polder model» in the 1990s. Several studies highlight the role of social pacts and planning as expressions of effective social partnerships.
Research Interests:
... Authors: Pasture, Patrick. Issue Date: 2005. Host Document: Between cross and class: comparative histories of christian labour in Europe 1840-2000 / Ed. Lex Heerma van Voss, Patrick Pasture, Jan De Maeyer. - Bern: Lang pages:9-48. ...
Research Interests:
Internationalism is generally considered to be a major feature of the labour movement, and to hold a far more powerful appeal for workers' organizations than national identity. However, this revisionist book argues that, in fact, it is... more
Internationalism is generally considered to be a major feature of the labour movement, and to hold a far more powerful appeal for workers' organizations than national identity. However, this revisionist book argues that, in fact, it is the national dimension which is of utmost importance to workers' organizations, and that national questions have often compelled workers to engage in struggles on different levels. Through detailed case studies of trade union involvement in Northern Ireland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria and Europe generally, contributors tackle subjects long neglected by labour historians and overturn the accepted wisdom that nationalism and the labour movement are irreconcilably opposed. This analysis of how international agendas are influenced by nationalist politics is unique, and the case-studies offer a dynamic description of the different ways in which nationalist values meet with trade union ideas and practices.The high standard of scholarship and the combination of historical and contemporary material make this book essential reading for students and researchers of labour history, politics, political theory and area studies. -
Engaging with contemporary discussion surrounding the future of European trade unions, this book also addresses recent academic concerns about the continuing relevance of the class concept as an analytical tool. As a social movement, the... more
Engaging with contemporary discussion surrounding the future of European trade unions, this book also addresses recent academic concerns about the continuing relevance of the class concept as an analytical tool. As a social movement, the trade union has always used the class ...
Research Interests:
Abstract:'The end of ideology'and 'Farewell tot the trade unions' are two themes popular in public opinion as well as among social scientists. In this book both topics are critically reviewed. Does... more
Abstract:'The end of ideology'and 'Farewell tot the trade unions' are two themes popular in public opinion as well as among social scientists. In this book both topics are critically reviewed. Does ideology still mean anything to the European trade unions? Or have they ...
Research Interests:
Review essay on European integration history
Research Interests:
J.H.H.Weiler on Imagining European Unity: "It is learned, impressively so, without being boring for even a single page, and it is subversive since it shows the dark sides of the noble quest for peace – an inbuilt tendency of the... more
J.H.H.Weiler on Imagining European Unity:
"It is learned, impressively so, without being boring for even a single page, and it is subversive since it shows the dark sides of the noble quest for peace – an inbuilt tendency of the integration project to suppress diversity and to dominate. The current circumstance of Europe gives it a particularly sharp edge"
"It is learned, impressively so, without being boring for even a single page, and it is subversive since it shows the dark sides of the noble quest for peace – an inbuilt tendency of the integration project to suppress diversity and to dominate. The current circumstance of Europe gives it a particularly sharp edge"
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
‘Free at last!’ The words come from Reverend Martin Luther King’s famous speech ‘I have a dream’ from August 1963.2 The speech and those words evocate all what the sixties stand for – but also some of the dilemmas and paradoxes of the... more
‘Free at last!’ The words come from Reverend Martin Luther King’s
famous speech ‘I have a dream’ from August 1963.2
The speech and those
words evocate all what the sixties stand for – but also some of the dilemmas and paradoxes of the historiography of the period. The religious
dimension in the speech is evident. However, there is virtually no room
for religion in the general (political, social and cultural) historiography
of the 1960s,3
and insofar it does speak specif ically about religion, it
usually does so in terms of crisis, decline, and secularization – the ‘death
of God’ –, while Church and religious history rather explore the variety
of ecclesiastical reactions and particularly forms of religious renewal
(sometimes, as in many histories of Vatican II, rather disconnected from
society at large).4
Freedom is mainly associated with sexual liberation,
1 An earlier (and shorter) version of this article was initially delivered as a keynote for the
Trajecta Conference on ‘Religion and revolution. The Sixties and the History of Religion in the
Low Countries’, 2 July 2021. I wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions on an
earlier draft.
2 The text of the speech at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm. The words ‘Free
at last’, however, constitute a quote from an old African American spiritual.
3 A few examples: Marwick, The Sixties; Brown, Sixties Europe; Buelens, De jaren zestig. Neither
The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties or Chaplin and Pieper Mooney, The Global 1960s
include an entry on religion. A remarkable exception, though to a limited extent, is Berman, A
Tale of Two Utopias. For the Low Countries see apart from Buelens, De jaren zestig, Hans Righart’s
standard De eindeloze jaren zestig, even though the latter author was a specialist in religious
history. Interestingly, James Kennedy’s Nieuw Babylon does pay a lot of attention to religion,
but almost exclusively in terms of decline and reaction against this decline.
4 Among the most notable historical works on decline and crisis see the different works of
Callum Brown, Gerd-Rainer Horn (e.g. The Spirit) as well as Hugh McLeod. For a discussion of
the literature on transformation and renewal see Pasture, ‘Questioning Secularization’. Sengers,
The Dutch, Van Dam, Kennedy and Wielenga (eds), Achter de zuilen and Van Rooden, Religieuze
regimes offer excellent overviews that adopt more complex approaches about The Netherlands.
TRAJECTA. RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE LOW COUNTRIES 31.2 (2022) 578-628
https://doi.org/10.5117/TRA2022.2.002.PAST
© Patrick Pasture
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Guest (guest)
IP: 81.164.129.140
Pasture 579
‘Free at last!’
not exactly what King intended. It is therefore striking that almost
exclusively ‘white’ men and women dominate the debate. I’m one of those
too, but try to take a slightly different, ‘decentralized’ perspective to
reflect upon the uses of ‘freedom’ with regard to religion in the sixties,
taking in consideration the complexities of the changing context of the
time. King’s freedom incidentally did not focus on religious freedom
either, which dominates the debate on freedom and religion today,
especially in the US.
famous speech ‘I have a dream’ from August 1963.2
The speech and those
words evocate all what the sixties stand for – but also some of the dilemmas and paradoxes of the historiography of the period. The religious
dimension in the speech is evident. However, there is virtually no room
for religion in the general (political, social and cultural) historiography
of the 1960s,3
and insofar it does speak specif ically about religion, it
usually does so in terms of crisis, decline, and secularization – the ‘death
of God’ –, while Church and religious history rather explore the variety
of ecclesiastical reactions and particularly forms of religious renewal
(sometimes, as in many histories of Vatican II, rather disconnected from
society at large).4
Freedom is mainly associated with sexual liberation,
1 An earlier (and shorter) version of this article was initially delivered as a keynote for the
Trajecta Conference on ‘Religion and revolution. The Sixties and the History of Religion in the
Low Countries’, 2 July 2021. I wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions on an
earlier draft.
2 The text of the speech at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm. The words ‘Free
at last’, however, constitute a quote from an old African American spiritual.
3 A few examples: Marwick, The Sixties; Brown, Sixties Europe; Buelens, De jaren zestig. Neither
The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties or Chaplin and Pieper Mooney, The Global 1960s
include an entry on religion. A remarkable exception, though to a limited extent, is Berman, A
Tale of Two Utopias. For the Low Countries see apart from Buelens, De jaren zestig, Hans Righart’s
standard De eindeloze jaren zestig, even though the latter author was a specialist in religious
history. Interestingly, James Kennedy’s Nieuw Babylon does pay a lot of attention to religion,
but almost exclusively in terms of decline and reaction against this decline.
4 Among the most notable historical works on decline and crisis see the different works of
Callum Brown, Gerd-Rainer Horn (e.g. The Spirit) as well as Hugh McLeod. For a discussion of
the literature on transformation and renewal see Pasture, ‘Questioning Secularization’. Sengers,
The Dutch, Van Dam, Kennedy and Wielenga (eds), Achter de zuilen and Van Rooden, Religieuze
regimes offer excellent overviews that adopt more complex approaches about The Netherlands.
TRAJECTA. RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE LOW COUNTRIES 31.2 (2022) 578-628
https://doi.org/10.5117/TRA2022.2.002.PAST
© Patrick Pasture
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Guest (guest)
IP: 81.164.129.140
Pasture 579
‘Free at last!’
not exactly what King intended. It is therefore striking that almost
exclusively ‘white’ men and women dominate the debate. I’m one of those
too, but try to take a slightly different, ‘decentralized’ perspective to
reflect upon the uses of ‘freedom’ with regard to religion in the sixties,
taking in consideration the complexities of the changing context of the
time. King’s freedom incidentally did not focus on religious freedom
either, which dominates the debate on freedom and religion today,
especially in the US.
Research Interests:
This article deals with the first generation of English who went to North America and established New England. It assesses the process through which they created a new type of society. Though it was not the ideal Christian society they... more
This article deals with the first generation of English who went to North America and established New England. It assesses the process through which they created a new type of society. Though it was not the ideal Christian society they had imagined, it would nonetheless eventually become the ‘World’s Most Religiously Diverse Nation’ (Diana L.Eck). The focus is on one remarkable individual, Roger Williams, who played a crucial role in the most radical transformation of the so-called New England Way which resulted in the establishment of a democratic society which separated church and state and guaranteed religious freedom in Rhode Island in the mid-seventeenth century. While describing and analyzing the processes involved, four dimensions will be distinguished: the interconnection between religion and society; interactions, on the one hand, between the colonists and, on the other hand, the British Isles, the European continent as well as Indians and Africans; continuities and discontinuities in time and place; the Americanization of Puritanism.
Research Interests:
Review essay of David N. HEMPTON and Hugh McLEOD (eds). Secularization and Religious Innovation in the North Atlantic World. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Sketches the background and different plans for European unity in the 19th century, to frame the Geneva Congress of 1867 (spec. issue of Eurostudium3) on the occasion of 15O years of the Congress of Geneva)
Research Interests:
The history of European integration is usually presented as both a peace project and an economic endeavour. What is largely ignored is that it also had a colonial dimension. This article first recalls this largely forgotten history,... more
The history of European integration is usually presented as both a peace project and an economic endeavour. What is largely ignored is that it also had a colonial
dimension. This article first recalls this largely forgotten history, asking why and how it could be erased from memory. It then explores ways in which the EU and its predecessors constituted a new postcolonial identity and how colonial legacies somehow reappear in policies and representations.
dimension. This article first recalls this largely forgotten history, asking why and how it could be erased from memory. It then explores ways in which the EU and its predecessors constituted a new postcolonial identity and how colonial legacies somehow reappear in policies and representations.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Pasture explores how Christian Democrats conceived of " Europe " in the 1940s and 1950s, in the fledgling years of European integration. In particular, he reconstructs both continuities and discontinuities across the traditional caesura... more
Pasture explores how Christian Democrats conceived of " Europe " in the 1940s and 1950s, in the fledgling years of European integration. In particular, he reconstructs both continuities and discontinuities across the traditional caesura in twentieth-century European history: World War II. Pasture defines shifting trends in how Catholics and Christian Democrats imagined " Europe " ; this allows him to map a new spatial geography of European Christian Democracy. The outcome de-centers the confessional commitments of well-known Western Europeans like Robert Schuman and Konrad Adenauer, instead creating a space for a pluralistic understanding of " Europe " , with varying confessional and ideological commitments. Pasture's argument offers a foundation for understanding how activists from across the Iron Curtain, too, could forge a European identity in the first decades of the Cold War.
Research Interests:
Au cours du 20 e siècle, le mouvement ouvrier chrétien en Belgique s'est déve-loppé en un mouvement de masse disposant d'une influence sociale et politique inégalée, particulièrement en Flandre. En cours de route, il s'est cependant... more
Au cours du 20 e siècle, le mouvement ouvrier chrétien en Belgique s'est déve-loppé en un mouvement de masse disposant d'une influence sociale et politique inégalée, particulièrement en Flandre. En cours de route, il s'est cependant divisé sur une base communautaire, tandis que les organisations qui le composent ont suivi leurs objectifs spécifiques, chacun dans leur domaine propre. Aujourd'hui, il se définit principalement comme un mouvement social (ou comme un « réseau ») pluraliste, sans pour autant nier ses racines historiques. Depuis quelques années, l'aile flamande du mouvement est confrontée à une grave crise politique, sociale et financière, bien qu'elle semble garder son ancrage au sein de la population. La présentation qui suit ne traite que du mouvement ouvrier chrétien, repré-senté par Beweging.net en Flandre – successeur de l'Algemeen Christelijk Werk nemersverbond (acw) – et le Mouvement ouvrier chrétien (moc) en Belgique fran-cophone et germanophone, ainsi que par leurs précurseurs. Il aborde également les oeuvres coopératives qui furent mises en place dans leur giron. Pour les autres domaines dans lesquels le mouvement ouvrier chrétien était actif, nous renvoyons aux chapitres sur les partis politiques (en particulier le Parti catholique, le psc, le cvp, le cd&v, le cdh et l'udb), sur les syndicats, les mutuelles et les organisations socioculturelles (pour les diverses branches du mouvement), ainsi que sur l'Église catholique (en particulier concernant le développement de la doctrine et de la pratique sociales de l'Église et la culture populaire au 19 e siècle).
Research Interests:
De christelijke arbeidersbeweging heeft zich in België, vooral in Vlaanderen, in de twintigste eeuw ontwikkeld tot een brede massabeweging met een ongeëve-naarde maatschappelijke en politieke invloed. Daarbij is zij echter communautair... more
De christelijke arbeidersbeweging heeft zich in België, vooral in Vlaanderen, in de twintigste eeuw ontwikkeld tot een brede massabeweging met een ongeëve-naarde maatschappelijke en politieke invloed. Daarbij is zij echter communautair gesplitst en gefragmenteerd geraakt in deelorganisaties die hun eigen domeinspe-cifieke en economische doelstellingen volgden. Vandaag definieert zij zich vooral als een pluralistische sociale of netwerkbeweging, zonder haar historische wortels te verloochenen. Volgend overzicht handelt enkel over de brede christelijke arbeidersbeweging, vertegenwoordigd door Beweging.net in Vlaanderen en de Mouvement ouvrier chrétien (moc) in Frans-en Duitstalig België en hun voorlopers, alsook over de coöperatieve werken die in hun schoot tot ontwikkeling zijn gekomen. Voor de andere domeinen waarop de christelijke arbeidersbeweging actief was, zie de hoofdstukken over de politieke partijen (specifiek over de Katholieke Partij, cvp / psc, cd&v / cdh en udb), over de vakbonden, de ziekenfondsen en de sociaalcul-turele organisaties (voor de deeltakken van de beweging), alsook over de katho-lieke Kerk (meer bepaald over de ontwikkeling van de sociale leer en praktijk van de Kerk en over de negentiende-eeuwse populaire cultuur).
Research Interests:
Deze tekst is een essay geschreven als discussietekst voor het kaderblad van de CD&V. Hij houdt op geen enkele wijze een partijstandpunt in.
Research Interests:
Tocqueville Revisited. Transatlantic Perspectives on Modernity, Democracy and Christianity in Europe and North-America (c 1650-1860).In: De Maeyer J., Viaene V. (Eds.), World views & worldly wisdom: Religion, ideology and politics, 1750-2000, Chapt. 1. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2016, 39-56more
Research Interests:
In Formations of European Modernity, Gerard Delanty, one of the leading social theoreticians of Europe, offers a historical-sociological assessment of the idea of Europe as the development of modernity from a cosmopolitan perspective.... more
In Formations of European Modernity, Gerard Delanty, one of the leading social theoreticians of Europe, offers a historical-sociological assessment of the idea of Europe as the development of modernity from a cosmopolitan perspective. With this book, based upon a broad and impressive discussion of sociological and historical literature, Delanty somewhat comes back from his earlier constructivist approach in favour of a theory that emphasizes the originality of Europe and assesses European history as the development of modernity, interpreted in a classical neo-Weberian sense. However, this approach sits uneasily with his ambition to present a cosmopolitan view on Europe, which emphasizes the interactions of Europe with the rest of the world, all the more so as the author largely ignores the postcolonial critiques of Eurocentric narratives as well as modernization theories. While Delanty is still quite successful in his assessment of historical diversities in Europe, "Formations of European Modernity" nevertheless disappoints. While the focus on global interactions is highly commendable, the lack of critical assessment and contextualization leads to a neglect of the fact that Europe often despised the (contribution of the) other. Hence his presentation of cosmopolitan Europe is flawed, and remains if not Eurocentric at least overly Europhile.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
In the late nineteenth century in a number of continental European countries Christian associations of workers arose: Christian trade unions, workers' cooperatives, political leagues, workers' youth movements and cultural associations,... more
In the late nineteenth century in a number of continental European countries Christian associations of workers arose: Christian trade unions, workers' cooperatives, political leagues, workers' youth movements and cultural associations, sometimes separately for men and women. In some countries they formed a unified Christian labour movement, which sometimes also belonged to a broader Christian subculture or pillar, encompassing all social classes.
In traditional labour history Christian workers' organizations were solely represented as dividing the working class and weakening the class struggle. However, from the 1980s onwards a considerable amount of studies have been devoted to Christian workers' organizations that adopted a more nuanced approach. This book takes stock of this new historiography. To broaden the analysis, each contribution compares the development in at least two countries, thus generating new comparative insights.
This volume assesses the development of Christian workers' organizations in Europe from a broad historical and comparative perspective. The contributions focus on the collective identity of the Christian workers' organization, their denominational and working-class allegiances and how these are expressed in ideology, organization and practice. Among the themes discussed are relations with churches and Christian Democracy, secularization, the development of the Welfare State, industrial relations and the contribution to working-class culture.
This volume is the result of a joint intellectual enterprise of the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and a group of scholars linked to the KADOC - Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society of the KU Leuven (Catholic University Leuven-Belgium).
In traditional labour history Christian workers' organizations were solely represented as dividing the working class and weakening the class struggle. However, from the 1980s onwards a considerable amount of studies have been devoted to Christian workers' organizations that adopted a more nuanced approach. This book takes stock of this new historiography. To broaden the analysis, each contribution compares the development in at least two countries, thus generating new comparative insights.
This volume assesses the development of Christian workers' organizations in Europe from a broad historical and comparative perspective. The contributions focus on the collective identity of the Christian workers' organization, their denominational and working-class allegiances and how these are expressed in ideology, organization and practice. Among the themes discussed are relations with churches and Christian Democracy, secularization, the development of the Welfare State, industrial relations and the contribution to working-class culture.
This volume is the result of a joint intellectual enterprise of the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and a group of scholars linked to the KADOC - Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society of the KU Leuven (Catholic University Leuven-Belgium).
Internationalism is generally considered to be a major feature of the labour movement, and to hold a far more powerful appeal for workers' organizations than national identity. However, this revisionist book argues that the national... more
Internationalism is generally considered to be a major feature of the labour movement, and to hold a far more powerful appeal for workers' organizations than national identity. However, this revisionist book argues that the national dimension is of utmost importance to workers' ...
Research Interests:
KULeuven. ...
... 9. The importance of this cannot be overstressed: the payment of unemployment benefits guarantees the unions a mass following, even - especially - in times of crisis. See Vanthemsche, op. cit.; Patrick Pasture and Jozef Mampuys, In de... more
... 9. The importance of this cannot be overstressed: the payment of unemployment benefits guarantees the unions a mass following, even - especially - in times of crisis. See Vanthemsche, op. cit.; Patrick Pasture and Jozef Mampuys, In de ban van het getal. Ledenanalyse van h
Research Interests:
KULeuven. ...
KULeuven. ...
CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN SOCIAL AND LABOUR HISTORY Patrick Pasture Some readers may find it surprising to find here, 1 in an overview of the state of labour and working-class history in Europe, a chapter on religion and Christian... more
CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN SOCIAL AND LABOUR HISTORY Patrick Pasture Some readers may find it surprising to find here, 1 in an overview of the state of labour and working-class history in Europe, a chapter on religion and Christian workers' ...
... Authors: Pasture, Patrick. Issue Date: 2005. Host Document: Between cross and class: comparative histories of christian labour in Europe 1840-2000 / Ed. Lex Heerma van Voss,Patrick Pasture, Jan De Maeyer. - Bern: Lang pages:251-284. ...
KULeuven. ...
KULeuven. ...
KULeuven. ...
Research Interests:
KULeuven. ...
Abstract:'The end of ideology'and 'Farewell tot the trade unions' are two themes popular in public opinion as well as among social scientists. In this book both topics are critically reviewed. Does... more
Abstract:'The end of ideology'and 'Farewell tot the trade unions' are two themes popular in public opinion as well as among social scientists. In this book both topics are critically reviewed. Does ideology still mean anything to the European trade unions? Or have they ...
Research Interests:
In this lecture I discuss a number of recent approaches in history to overcome eurocentrism, focusing on global transoceanic interactions. Even if they do not use the term, they all aim at decentering Europe. However, radically... more
In this lecture I discuss a number of recent approaches in history to overcome eurocentrism, focusing on global transoceanic interactions. Even if they do not use the term, they all aim at decentering Europe. However, radically decentering beyond Europe involves the introduction of multiple perspectives. Doing so may rebuke current neo-colonialist revisionism as well as a woke postcolonialism that repeats the crudest civilizational dichotomies
Research Interests:
Workshop A Shared EUropean History: Empire, Decolonisation, and the Making of Modern Europe, NIAS, Amsterdam, 24-25 February 2020
Lecture of Patrick Pasture on “Humanities Between Globalization and Contestation – Opportunities and Challenges” at the International Week “Challenges of teaching and research in humanities and social sciences” at Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje on 11 February 2019more
Research Interests:
"Europe's Many Easts: Why One Orient is not the Other", key-note lecture international conference Europe and the East: Self and Other in the History of the European Idea, Research Network on the History of the Idea of Europe, Norwich,... more
"Europe's Many Easts: Why One Orient is not the Other", key-note lecture international conference Europe and the East: Self and Other in the History of the European Idea, Research Network on the History of the Idea of Europe, Norwich, University of East Anglia, 14.06.2017-16.06.2017
Key-lecture presented at the 4. World Conference on Dialogue Among Religions and Civilisations “Migration and the challenge of Integration through dialogue between religions and cultures” (3 – 5 November 2016 – Bitola, Republic of... more
Key-lecture presented at the 4. World Conference on Dialogue Among Religions and Civilisations “Migration and the challenge of Integration through dialogue between religions and cultures” (3 – 5 November 2016 – Bitola, Republic of Macedonia), Forum of the UNESCO Chairs
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
International Conference Christian democracy and the European Union - Poland, Central Europe, Europe, Lublin, 5-6 May 2015
Research Interests:
Presymposium Veerstichting, Leuven, 22 april 2015
Research Interests:
ESSHC Network Religion Call for Papers / Call for Session Organisers, European Social Science History Conference 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 March 2020
Deadline 15 April 2019
Deadline 15 April 2019
Research Interests:
Final report with integrated conclusions about religion, peace and public dialogue of the European H2020 project RETOPEA. For more info on the project see www.retopea.eu
The presented document contains the conclusions and recommendations with regard to issues related to religion, peace and public dialogue of the H2020 (GA n° 770309) project RETOPEA – Religious Toleration and Peace.