How to speak of God? Toward a postsecular apologetics

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ID20242552
AutoresElaine Graham (0000-0002-0358-0624, University of Chester, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas206-217
Fecha de publicación2018-05-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPractical Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1756-073X • E-ISSN: 1756-0748
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1756073x.2018.1460522
OpenAlexW2809021348
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas9

Against most expectations religion has not vanished from Western culture. If anything, it exercises a greater fascination than ever before. Broadly, we might think of ourselves as occupying a new, ‘postsecular’ space between a renewed visibility of religion in public life, and a corresponding acknowledgement of the importance of religious values and actors; and persistent and widespread disillusion and scepticism towards religion, and objections to religion as a source of legitimate public discourse. In a world that is more sensitive than ever to religious belief and practice, yet often struggles to accommodate it into secular discourse, how do religious institutions justify their position in a contested and volatile public square? This article argues that the contemporary postsecular context requires a recovery of the ancient practices of Christian apologetics as a form of public, theological witness to the practical value of faith, articulated in both deed and word

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