signs of the times canterbury march 2014. two lines of enquiry 1. 1.where are we today, culturally,...
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES
SIGNS OF THE TIMESCanterburyMarch 2014TWO LINES OF ENQUIRYWhere are we today, culturally, socially, historically ?
How might the church respond ?A SECULAR AGESecularism as an Enlightenment ideologySecularisation as a socio-historical conceptThe collapse or the radically questioning of the aegis of the secular
epistemological conditions MODERNITY: Belief as a weak and inadequate form of knowledge
POSTMODERNITY: the structures of what we believe and what makes a belief believable have changed
mythological imagination
Critiques of myth: Adorno, Horkheimer, Barthes & Midgley
New investments in mythological thinking
Lana Del Ray Born to Die
New visibility of religionSecular confidence a1960s to mid-1970s phenomenon12 million investment into the Religion and Society Research Programme New range of print and on-line resources for sociology of religion
RESPONSE FROM CHURCHComing to terms with its internalization of secularism
Institutions which are networked and highly flexible about membership
The countering of theological illiteracy