紧迫的问题全欧洲现有大约60万处宗教建筑,其中尤以古代基督教堂为众。作为一类特殊的文化遗产,教堂在欧洲的文化景观中扮演着重要的角色。它们常常占据城市或乡村中的首善地段,并在建筑风格和艺术表现上具有突出的意义。然而,在当今人口增长缓慢且已高度世俗化的欧洲社会,大量的教堂正在失去信众,并因没有经济来源而关闭闲置。在荷兰,2003年的统计数据显示,约42%的民众宣 Urgent issues There are about 600,000 religious buildings throughout Europe, including the ancient Christian Church. As a special kind of cultural heritage, churches play an important role in the cultural landscape of Europe. They often dominate the first-dwellings in urban or rural areas and are prominent in architectural style and artistic expression. However, in today’s slow-growing and highly secular European societies, a large number of churches are losing their faith and are being left idle for lack of financial resources. In the Netherlands, statistics for 2003 show that about 42% of the public declare