The global surge in religiosity: Pastoral lessons?
To the surprise of secularists, religion in its multiple manifestations has revived as a vital force. Though the surge in religiosity is global, this article will focus mainly on the Western world and on its catalyst-namely, the cultural upheaval of the 1960s and its numerous aftershocks. The purpos...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2025, Volume: 102, Issue: 4, Pages: 458-474 |
| Further subjects: | B
Culture; Societies
B Pastoral theology; Catholic Church B Religion; Philosophy; Methodology B Culture; Societies, etc B Transcendence of God; History of doctrines |
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| Summary: | To the surprise of secularists, religion in its multiple manifestations has revived as a vital force. Though the surge in religiosity is global, this article will focus mainly on the Western world and on its catalyst-namely, the cultural upheaval of the 1960s and its numerous aftershocks. The purpose of the article is threefold: to define the meaning of religion in its functional sense; to explain that the multifaceted "expressive revolution" is fundamentally a religious movement inspired by the quest for transcendence; and to raise the question: What May we learn in relation to our liturgical rituals from this quest for transcendence? This article is an example of contextual theology-namely, how theology can critically interact with cultural anthropology to the advancement of practical theology. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.T2025112200022091963426057 |
