In 2009 the book Imagine Europe. The Search for European Identity and Spirituality edited by Luk Bouckaert and Jochanan Eynikel was published by Garant in Antwerp.
Authors of the book share the idea of Europe as a space of unity-in-diversity based on relations of reciprocity and fraternity. They see it as Europe’s mission to enlarge its post-war idea of peace and integration into a global action. Even though the European Union started in the sphere of economics, it was from the beginning more than economics. Therefore this book calls for a stronger sense of spiritual commitment and moral imagination in Europe. It refers to a new generation of business leaders inspired by the paradigm of spirit-centered entrepreneurship.
The contents of the book are as follows:
Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna): The Search for European Identity—Europe and the Idea of a Civil Economy
Carlos Hoevel (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina): Rosmini’s Socio-economic Personalism and the Soul of Europe
Edy Korthals Altes (The Hague): A New Spirit of Europe
Rafal Riedel (Europe Center): Contemporary Europeans’ Sense of Belonging
Jochanan Eynikel (SPES Forum): An Imaginable Europe
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): Spirituality in European Business—Doing Business Ethics in Europe
Gerrit Broekstra (Nyenrode Business University): The Spirit-driven Organization
Yuliya Shcherbinina and Helen Alford (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas – Angelicum): Beyond the Spiritual: the Common Good Model of CSR
Gerrit De Vylder (Catholic University of Leuven): Light from India. Europe’s Search for Indian Economic Wisdom
Sesto Giovanni Castagnoli (World Spirit Forum): Spirituality as Connectivity: A New Business Experience