Jews, Pagans, sceptics and emperors
| dc.contributor.author | Graham, Elaine | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-28T14:48:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-28T14:48:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-02-25 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Unpublished presentation given at Chester Theological Society meeting, 25 February 2014. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/313501 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Far from becoming marginal to society, religion is returning to public prominence as a significant factor in global politics and civil society. Yet this is not a religious revival by any means, due to the enduring influence of a completely different social and cultural trajectory: of secularism and religious scepticism. We find ourselves between a ‘rock’ of religious resurgence – or at least its renewed visibility – and the ‘hard place’ of secularism. How do we negotiate the unprecedented co-existence of these two discourses? And in particular, how do people of faith give an account of their motivations and values in a world that is more sensitive than ever to religious belief and practice, yet often struggles to accommodate it into secular discourse? I intend to answer this by calling for a renewal of the practice of Christian apologetics: the task of offering a reasoned defence or rationale for one’s faith. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.chester.ac.uk/departments/trs/chester-theological-society | en |
| dc.subject | theology | en |
| dc.subject | public life | en |
| dc.subject | public theology | en |
| dc.title | Jews, Pagans, sceptics and emperors | en |
| dc.type | Presentation | en |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Chester | en |
| html.description.abstract | Far from becoming marginal to society, religion is returning to public prominence as a significant factor in global politics and civil society. Yet this is not a religious revival by any means, due to the enduring influence of a completely different social and cultural trajectory: of secularism and religious scepticism. We find ourselves between a ‘rock’ of religious resurgence – or at least its renewed visibility – and the ‘hard place’ of secularism. How do we negotiate the unprecedented co-existence of these two discourses? And in particular, how do people of faith give an account of their motivations and values in a world that is more sensitive than ever to religious belief and practice, yet often struggles to accommodate it into secular discourse? I intend to answer this by calling for a renewal of the practice of Christian apologetics: the task of offering a reasoned defence or rationale for one’s faith. |
