OLD WORLD - NEW VALUES: THE CONCEPT OF TRADITIONAL VALUES IN POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES IN WESTERN EUROPE (CASES OF FRANCE AND GERMANY)

Abstract

The activation of conservative forces, which has become a response to the challenges of globalization, has led to the actualization of the concept of traditional values in the social and political life of Western European countries. Not only the conservative and religious forces, but also liberals nowadays are including the concept of traditional values in their agenda. The author draws attention to the fact that the threat of a migration crisis became the impetus to address the problem of traditional values for the "old world". An attempt to analyze the discourse of the largest parties in Germany and France in relation to the problems of traditional values is undertaken in this article. Equal family, national languages and Christian values became the strongholds for Europeans. Attention is also paid to the tendency according to which the interest of Europeans in Christianity as a symbol of identity on the one hand, and floating indicators of religiosity on the other, force the church to change in accordance with the realities of the modern world. This process is considered by the author on the example of the largest churches in Germany.