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Abstract
The article discusses various estimates of Muslim populations in Europe, showing that the public debate on numbers reflects academia's difficulties in quantifying the Muslim populations. Projections of growth in the number of Muslims in Europe are exaggerated both in academia and in the public in general, leading to the construction of myths on the future number of Muslims in Europe. In this article various methods in the field of demography of religion are discussed on the basis of the Danish case. A more precise estimation of Muslims based on national statistics is proposed for countries where direct data on religious affiliation is not available.

Preliminary Materials /Hvithamar , M. Warburg and B. A. Jacobsen -- Introducing Civil Religion, Nationalism And Globalisation /Annika Hvithamar and Margit Warburg -- Chapter One. Hierarchy And Covenant In The Formation Of Nations /Anthony D. Smith -- Chapter Two. Durkheim'S Political Sociology. Civil Religion, Nationalism And Globalisation /Marcela Cristi -- Chapter Three. American Civil Religion As State-Mythology /Niels Reeh -- Chapter Four. Nationalism And Civil Religion. What Is The Difference? /Annika Hvithamar -- Chapter Five. Nationalism And Religion: The Case Of Japanese Nationalism And State Shinto /Atsuko Ichijo -- Chapter Six. Dominion Of The Gods: Religious Continuity And Change In A Canadian Context /Roger O'Toole -- Chapter Seven. Civil Religion In The Danish Parliament /Brian Arly Jacobsen -- Chapter Eight. Scandinavian Folk Churches, Chauvinism And Xenophobia /Pål Ketil Botvar -- Chapter Nine. Civil Religion In An Age Of Changing Churches And Societies. A Look At The Nordic Situation /Pål Repstad -- Chapter Ten. Operationalising The Concept Of Civil Religion: Cross-Cultural Findings From Bosnia And Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia And The United States Of America /Sergej Flere -- Chapter Eleven. In And Out Of Place: Varieties Of Religious Locations In A Globalising World /Eileen Barker -- Chapter Twelve. Nationalism As Civil Religion And Rituals Of Belonging Before And After The Global Turn /Ulf Hedetoft -- Chapter Thirteen. Transnational Civil Religion: The Fourth Of July In Denmark /Margit Warburg -- Contributors /Hvithamar , M. Warburg and B. A. Jacobsen -- Index /Hvithamar , M. Warburg and B. A. Jacobsen.

Er religion en privatsag? Op gennem det 20. århundrede har det været en klar opfattelse, at religion skal dyrkes inden for hjemmets fire vægge eller i kirkens hellige rum. Men faktum er, at vi konstant udstiller vores religiøse overbevisning ude i offentligheden. 'Religion i det offentlige rum' belyser gennem 13 bidrag, hvordan religion i allerhøjeste grad sætter en offentlig og politisk dagsorden i nutidens ellers så sekulariserede samfund. Religiøse ritualer bliver synlige for alle, når den pakistanske organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran holder fredsmarch for flere tusind deltagere med koranoplæsning og fællesbøn på Rådhuspladsen i København. Og når pinsegudstjenester rykker ud i det grønne, som det er blevet en tradition rundt om i landet. Bibelreferencer oplever vi i reklamer, når Philadelphia-smøreost sammenkædes med engle, og lampefirmaer markedsfører produkter under temaet 'Lad der blive lys'. Religion er også til diskussion, når for eksempel Immigrantmuseet og Københavns Bymuseum laver udstillinger om indvandring, og Folketinget og medierne sætter jævnligt tro til offentlig debat. Alligevel bekræfter vi ofte hinanden i, at religion er en privatsag, men som bogen viser, møder og forholder vi os til religion, hver gang vi bevæger os ud i det offentlige rum.