Geloven in de stad van die mens
<strong>Belief and Faiths in the secular city</strong><br /> More than thirty years after the publication of Harvey Cox well-known book, �The secular city�, churches are still in doubt about the question how to deal with modernity. In this article the approach is chosen where the k...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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1999-08-01
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| Series: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/1166 |
| Summary: | <strong>Belief and Faiths in the secular city</strong><br /> More than thirty years after the publication of Harvey Cox well-known book, �The secular city�, churches are still in doubt about the question how to deal with modernity. In this article the approach is chosen where the key words differentiation, secularization and individualization, connected with a plurality of belief systems are analyzed and connected with a plurality. Christianity encloses individual, social and public forms of faith and belief. Local churches and congregations can be defined as social forms of Christianity. They have to be open for individual and public forms of religion to break up the isolated position and defensive attitude of the churches against modernity. |
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| ISSN: | 1609-9982 2074-7705 |