Review: Great discussion last week! We continued to talk about the secularization of our culture and its effects on us as Christians. Remember, secularization, as we are defining it, is the process by which religious ideas, institutions, and interpretations have lost their social significance. Religious beliefs may still be held privately, but their social significance is lost.
We began discussing questions about (1) whether the church in America has surrendered ground to the surrounding culture that cannot be easily reclaimed, if at all; (2) whether good can still conquer evil in today's secularized world; and (3) whether we agree with Ravi about the loss of a sense of shame in our culture.
Preview: I want to begin class by continuing where we left off last week. I would like us to continue to discuss the question dealing with loss of shame. I also want to look the question on art and pornography that we barely addressed last week.
If we have time, I will show the next video to give us food for thought for the next week. The next video segment deals with the topic of pluralism and its effects on Christianity and our culture. Pluralization is defined as the existence and availability of a number of world-views, each vying for the allegiance of individuals, with no single world-view dominant. In other words, we live in a society made of diverse peoples from diverse backgrounds. We will discuss whether the conflicts and tensions that arise from this necessarily lead to breakdown. What should the Christian response be in such a society?
See you in class!