Master Christianity and Society
Dealing with today's religious and societal issues
The impact of Christianity on society can be felt around the world - in international politics, economy, arts and cultural ideologies. The opposite is true as well. Christianity and society thus mutually shape and guide each other, with implications for the lives of people everywhere in the world.
In this Master's program you will study this complex interaction from both sides: how Christianity influences society and how society has an effect on the tenets, organization and practices of Christianity.
The lecture will be delivered by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels on the topic:
At the crossroads of faith and culture –
Challenges facing the Catholic Church today
The challenges for faith and Church in the 21st century are immense. Within the Church there are problems with regard to vocations, celibacy and the ecclesiastical office, as well as tensions between the centre and its peripheries. The most crucial confrontations, however, are situated at the crossroads of Church and modern society, faith and contemporary culture: the fading away of God and the Holy in our culture, the presence of other religions, the enculturation of Christianity in non-Western cultures, the relation between faith and reason and faith and science, and the issue of religious tolerance. Can the Gospel be rooted anew in this new soil and how can this be achieved?
Read more about the program and keynote speaker in the invitation.
When and where
- Thursday 16 February 2012 at 15:00h
- Tilburg University, Dante-building room DZ-01, Warandelaan 2 in Tilburg
Registration
If you wish to attend this (free) lecture, please register before 1 February 2012 by sending an email, stating your name, address and telephone number.
The Annual Lecture is organized by the School of Catholic Theology in close cooperation with the Master’s program Christianity and Society.
For more information about past news and events, please visit the School of Catholic Theology news and events archive 2011.
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