Join the conversation on Truth and Pluralism
This conversation examines the challenge of secularity to the witness of the Church in the world. Together, we hope to explore a number of key factors that have contributed to the rise of secularity within various cultural milieux, both in the western world as well as in the global south. Working together, we will try to comprehend better the relationship between secularity and its corollaries (plurality, the new atheism, fragmentation and the marginalisation of religious belief). The conversation will be structured around three key components: summations of secularisation and pluralism; discussions on the impact of secularity in various local contexts, as well as relevant Christian response; and further dialogue on the mission of God and the Church in addressing secularity and its consequences. In addition to sharing ideas and promising practices, our goal will be to identify key elements that enable grassroots movements to engage secularity and pluralism around specific kingdom themes.
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Recent Responses
- I truly liked your analogy of the tactless tourist and the reluctant tourist. I have organized an inter-cultural festival in our city with the local…
Kai Mark - 03.09.2010 - In Response To:
Positive Pluralism - I thought the paper was well written, and I appreciated the distinction between pluralistic and pluralism. However, I thought his applications and illustrations were very…
Jeff Korum - 02.09.2010 - In Response To:
Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth 
- Thanks for the response. While I have worked in other countries, it has always been with indiginous believers. I appreciate hearing from someone who has…
LCKeeney - 31.08.2010 - In Response To:
Should we allow culture to inform our values? 
- I am challenged and encouraged by this article. It is so easy to abandon the truth of God’s Word in an age of competing ideologies. …
Notice - 30.08.2010 - In Response To:
Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth 
- Leslie:
Nice blog. I believe this intuitive moral law is the conscience that God put into man and woman in the beginning. What could possibly…
J. O. Terry - 26.08.2010 - In Response To:
Should we allow culture to inform our values? 
- Thanks for this excellent posting !
Steve Evans - 26.08.2010 - In Response To:
Should we allow culture to inform our values? 
- Thank you Keeney for that write-up. It is true that we should not try to shut out culture from our Christian life and experience. But…
J. P. K. Neville Jayasundara - 26.08.2010 - In Response To:
Should we allow culture to inform our values? - I appreciate this paper on truth and pluralism. The ideas are framed quite clearly and logically. God’s truth matters and we must believe it, obey…
Kai Mark - 25.08.2010 - In Response To:
Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth 
- Thank you for your kind comments.
I am worried that we tend to take only a negative view of our cultures and contexts. I am…
Krish Kandiah - 25.08.2010 - In Response To:
Positive Pluralism 
- Reading your article reminded me that the first time I ate at a McDonalds was in Hong Kong, and the second time was in Moscow.…
hayesstw - 24.08.2010 - In Response To:
Positive Pluralism
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