PERTARUNGAN RELIGIUSITAS DI EROPA DALAM DUA NOVEL DAN BROWN

In his two novels, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown describes the clash of the Illuminati Order and Priory of Sion against the Vatican Church. These secret societal groups are described as secret groups having the common roots and both are presented in the two novels although they are not the main theme. However, these two secret groups have the common relation to the starting point of the development of religions in Europe. These groups are the agents of the emergence of residual paganism through Kabbalah and Old Egypt occultism in Europe recently. They are known as Freemason, their ideology focuses on materialism and secular humanism, and atheism becomes their important faith. Although only fictional works, Brown’s two novels have taken part in the contestation of religiosity struggle in Europe as a discourse. Keywords: religiosity struggle, Vatican Church, paganism, atheis