학술논문
Christian Higher Education in Fractured Societies: Societal Challenges and Agapeic Wisdom
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Reports - Descriptive
Author
Buijs, Govert Joan (ORCID 0009-0008-4212-1042 )
Source
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2056-9971
2056-998X
2056-998X
Abstract
In this opening lecture for the 2022 Budapest Conference on "Building Community in Fractured Societies: Challenges for Christians in Higher Education," an overview is given of recent societal developments, (geo-) political, economic, ecological, sociological, psychological, and spiritual. A basic framework is presented on how to analyze today's, late-modern world. It is a world in which instrumental rationality is highly dominant. Next to this, powerful societal complexes exert deep influence on the lives of humans: political, economic, media, and medical. Over against this is posed the "real human world" of meaning and responsibility, as the key focus of Christian higher education.