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Analysis: The Godless Continent?

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8/9. Europe is supposedly the cradle of Western Christianity, yet the EU's Constitution omits any reference to God. Turkey models its secular state on France, yet in its quest for EU membership finds the coolest reception in Paris. Quentin Peel asks if secularism is now Europe's defining characteristic and whether it is a growing cause of division with the United States and the developing world.
(Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm)

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Presenter:
Quentin Peel
Producer:
Simon Coates
Source: Radio Times

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