Challenges the notion that declining rates of formal participation in religious life have made faith-based organizations irrelevant for Western European civil society

1. "Use Words Only if Necessary": the Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary Europe.- 2. The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social Policy.- 3. Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in the Italy before and after the Great Recession: Towards a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services?.- 4. Muted Vibrancy and the Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholic Third Sector, Economic Crisis, and Territorial Welfare in Spain.- 5. The State, Religious Institutions, and Welfare Delivery: The Case of Portugal.- 6. Church-State Relations in Today's Crisis-Beset Greece: A Delicate Balance within a Frantic Society.-7. Combining Secular Public Space and Growing Diversity? Interactions between Religious Organizations as Welfare Providers and the Public in Sweden.-  8. Social Capital and Religion in the United Kingdom.- 9. Faith-based Organizations under Double-Pressure: The Impact of Market-Liberalization and Secularization on Caritas and Diakonie in Germany.