Ed West

Journalist and writer

Why the future will be religious

June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Catholic Herald

From the Catholic Herald. Ed West meets the academic who predicts that the future will be dominated by radical religious groups

One reviewer of Eric Kaufmann’s book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?, wrote that it would “send Richard Dawkins on to antidepressants”. Which may sound encouraging, but if Kaufmann’s fascinating and rather disturbing thesis [...]

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‘Islam is in no sense Europe’s religion’

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Catholic Herald

 
With post-Christian Europe facing demographic disaster,Ed West speaks to the unlikely American prophet of our doom11 September 2009
 
There is a spectre haunting Europe, the spectre of empty maternity wards and closed-down schools. Europe is dying - its people have lost confidence in themselves and choose a life of pleasure-seeking over procreation.
And for four decades they have [...]

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The greatest change in the history of Europe

August 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books, Catholic Herald

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL PENGUIN, £14.99 
You might not hear about this book much in the next month, nor even in the next year, but it will affect your life in some way, and that of our country and continent. 
Christopher Caldwell is a mildmannered Financial Times journalist who over the past decade [...]

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