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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-16T18:12:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-16T18:12:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Wessels, A. (1999). Is religion under threat of being pushed aside in today's societies. Melita Theologica, 50(1), 85-98. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/31792 | - |
dc.description.abstract | One wonders first of all: Who is threatening whom? Is religion under threat of being pushed aside or is the opposite the case: Is religion a threat to our contemporary society, as many will argue these days? Is religion, in particular the christian religion in Europe on the way out? And if so: so what? Is this something we should feel troubled about? What does that mean for the norms and values which are usually associated with those religions? Is that a threat or is this on the contrary a liberation? If religion is something good on the other hand: what could be done to keep it, to get it back again? I would like to divide my presentation in the following way: 1. First of all I would like to deal briefly with the question "Is religion a threat to our societies?" 2. Secondly I will try to tackle the main question of my presentation: "Is there a threat that religion will be pushed aside?" This is the issue which is usually indicated with the term secularisation. I would like to deal with the possible causes: "Is it unwillingness, indifference, or ignorance?" 3. And in the third place - this of course suggests and already presupposes that my answer to the second question is in the affirmative - I would like to address the question what could be done about the devaluation of religion in our societies. In this context, I would like to consider to what extent is it possible to communicate the Gospel in relationship to or in connection with art, literature and music. 4. In the last section, I will draw my conclusion. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Faculty of Theology | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Secularization | en_GB |
dc.subject | Secularism | en_GB |
dc.title | Is religion under threat of being pushed aside in today's societies | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Melita Theologica | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Wessels, Antoine | - |
Appears in Collections: | MT - Volume 50, Issue 1 - 1999 MT - Volume 50, Issue 1 - 1999 |
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