University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Time: 4pm-5:30pm
Title: Four Reasons why Religion has Changed and Will Never be the Same Again
Abstract: Change is inevitable, but since the 1980s it has become inescapable, and its pace has increased. Religion has not been immune: even when it rejects wider social changes, it has to respond. Even the most traditional religions are reshaped by the conditions in which they find themselves. This paper argues that religion has changed dramatically since 1989. It examines the main reasons for this change, and isolates four main ways in which religion has changed ...