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Finding Access to Secular People Zugang zu säkularen Menschen finden

Finding Access to Secular People Zugang zu säkularen Menschen finden. Friday 28 February Freitag , 28.Februar. Spiritual but not religious Spirituell aber nicht religiös. Why the tension between these two ideas? Warum diese Spannung ? Something transformative took place in the 1960’s

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Finding Access to Secular People Zugang zu säkularen Menschen finden

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  1. Finding Access to Secular PeopleZugangzusäkularenMenschenfinden Friday 28 February Freitag, 28.Februar

  2. Spiritual but not religiousSpirituellabernichtreligiös • Why the tension between these two ideas? WarumdieseSpannung? • Something transformative took place in the 1960’s EineVeränderung in den Sechzigern • The Death of Christian Britain – Callum Brown Der Tod des christlichenBritannien – Callum Brown • The religious crisis of the 1960’s Die Krise der Religion in den Sechzigern

  3. A cultural shiftEinekulturelleVerschiebung • All institutions being questioned AlleInstitutionenhinterfragt • Modernity, science and reason also under suspicion EbenfallsMisstrauengegenüber der Moderne, Wissenschaft und Vernunft • Other world views and religions being explored Ausprobieren von Weltanschauungen und Religionen • Consumers not producers KonsumentenstattProduzenten • The stories we live by – Michel de Certeau Die Denkweisen, nachdenenwirleben – Michel de Certeau

  4. Searching for a new storySuchenacheineneuenWeltanschauung 1987 2000 • A patterning of events 29% 55% Einordnung von Ereignissen • Awareness of the presence of God 27% 38% Ahnung von GegenwartGottes • Awareness of prayer being answered 25% 37% Ahnung von Gebetserhörungen • Awareness of sacred presence in nature 16% 29% Ahnung von Heiligem in der Natur • Awareness of the presence of the dead 18% 25% Ahnung von der GegenwartToter • Awareness of an evil presence 12% 25% Ahnungvom der Gegenwart des Bösen • Cumulative Total 48% 76% Gesamt

  5. Research from Coventry CathedralForschung von Coventry Cathedral • The ability to ask questions / to experience awe and wonder Die Fähigkeit, Fragenzustellen / zuwundern und staunen • Concerns about destiny - Interest in purpose and meaning FragennachBestimmung - Interesse an Ziel und Bedeutung • Questioning about origins Fragen an die Herkunft • An awareness of a bigger power BewusstseineinergrößerenMacht • A sense of concern that all is not right with the world / questions about suffering EineAhnung, dassnichtalles in Ordnungistmit der Welt / FragennachdemLeid

  6. Is spirituality better than religion?IstSpiritualitätbesserals Religion? • The impact of the consumer story Die Folgen der Konsumtenhaltung • The challenge of ethics Die Herausforderungen der Ethik • The search for a language to speak about God Die SuchenacheinerSprache, um überGottzureden

  7. The Challenge for the ChurchDie Herausforderung an die Kirche • Reason is not enough Vernunftistnichtgenug • The spiritual treasures of the past Die spirituellenSchätze der Vergangenheit • Developing spiritual practices GeistlicheGewohnheitenentwickeln • The experience of God alongside the knowledge of God Gotteserfahrung parallel zurGotteserkenntnis

  8. A Time of OpportunityEineZeit von Chancen • We are living between ages Werlebenzwischen den Epochen • The consumer narrative is weaker than it seems: Die Konsumgeschichteistschwächeralsesscheint “For the first time in human history, a shared mythos has broken down, and commercial messages are now taking the place of shared sacred stories. We know in our hearts that a profession designed to sell products cannot fill this gap. If we take the time to think of how many people are finding the only meaning they have in their lives from consumption of various sorts, we do not feel proud; we feel sad, or even outraged.” Mark and Pearson, The Hero and the Outlaw, McGraw-Hill, 2001, p. 359 • Unanswered longing UnerwiderteSehnsucht

  9. Discussion Questions Diskussionsfragen • Can you be spiritual without being religious? Kannst du spirituellseinohnereligiöszusein? • What aspects of religion do you find helpful? WelchenAspekt von Religion findest du hilfreich? • Do you have a regular pattern of spiritual practices? Praktizierst du regelmäßigmitgeistlichenÜbungen? • What new forms of religious practice have you discovered in recent years? WelcheneuenFormengeistlicherÜbungen hast du in den letztenJahrenentdeckt? • Have you had a sense of God speaking to you in recent days or does God feel absent? Hat Gott in den letztenTagenzu dir gesprochenoderschienerweitweg? • Are attempts to make Christianity attractive just another form of consumerism? Sind Versuche, ChristseinattraktivzumachennichtnureineweiterereKonsumform? • What signs do you see that we are in a “time of opportunity”? WelcheZeichensiehst du, dasswir in einer “Zeit der Chancen” sind?

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