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topic_name = Europe [[Image:EUR Map serbia update500.jpg|thumb|center]] |
subtopics = Regions: [[Albania]], [[Andorra]], [[Austria]], [[Belarus]], [[Belgium]], [[Bosnia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Channel Islands]], [[Croatia]], [[Cyprus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Faeroe Islands]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Ireland]], [[Isle of Man]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Macedonia]], [[Malta]], [[Moldova]], [[Monaco]], [[Montenegro]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Svalbard]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Vatican]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
}}
Europe is an ethnically diverse continent with around 700 million inhabitants. It is mostly economically wealthy, containing the large and influential [[European Union]]. It has traditionally been the home of Christianity being the centres of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]], [[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]]. There is widespread freedom of religion, however Europe is rapidly become predominantly secular with [[atheism]] as the major belief system.
Europe can be divided reasonably neatly into
* Northern and Western) Europe
* Southern Europe
* Eastern Europe
* [http://www.actschristian.com/a/Churches/Europe/ Acts Christian directory of churches]
* [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/europe/partdir.pdf World Council of Churches]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KD3RnSGDTY&feature=related YouTube video on Europe]
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