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The Legacy Of Broken Faith, Eamon Maher
The Legacy Of Broken Faith, Eamon Maher
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One of the advantages of a crisis within any human institution is that it generates fracture, encourages re-evaluation, self-criticism, and, occasionally, anger. In April2011, a conference was organised in Milltown Institute around the theme of Broken Faith: &-visioning the Church in Ireland.
Interfaith: One Size Fits All?, Alan J. Hilliard
Interfaith: One Size Fits All?, Alan J. Hilliard
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Interfaith: one Shoe Size Fits All?
This paper explores interfaith activity through a social policy lens. Examining our contemporary world through the concepts of Globalisation, Migration, Immigration and Cosmopolitanism the paper reveals how there is not only a growth in ‘global’ phenomenon but also reveals a corresponding impact on local issues and identities.
A further discussion as to the nature of religion and the nature of religious belief in the global context raises the possibility of a framework for religious belief which can be applied to interfaith activity. This discussion also shows a shift in the cultural significance of religious …