Panel Topic: Believer and Community

(Non-)religion and Meaning Making in Contemporary Europe

Authors: Samuel Goyvaerts, Anke Liefbroer, William Arfman, Tihomir Lazić, Carlton Chase, Frank Bosman, Antje Roggenkamp, Niels Den Toom, Aurelio D’Amore, Tomasz Laskowski

The contemporary late-modern situation of religion in Europe compels theologians and scholars of religion to explore new places of making and finding meaning, and find new methods for exchange. In this panel we want to focus on these new but concrete ‘places’ (understood as loci) where the exchange between inside and outside can be observed. How do non-religious people construct meaning in conversation with the contemporary situation? What is the impact of the changing place of the religious upon the self-understanding of institutional Christianity and its traditions? How does Christian culture and heritage continue to impact the making and finding of meaning for both religious and non-religious people in this late modern- context?Chair: Samuel Goyvaerts (Universiteit van Tilburg) Speakers:Samuel Goyvaerts (Universiteit van Tilburg), The Narthex as a Locus for Meaning Making in a Post-Christian SocietyAnke Liefbroer (Universiteit van Tilburg), Why are we here and what should we do? A qualitative study into life questions among non-religious youngWilliam Arfman (Universiteit van Tilburg), The Museum as Ludic Locus – A Study of Religious IlliteracyTihomir Lazic (Newbold College of Higher Education), What Story do we Subscribe to? The Challenges of Meaning-Making Among the SBNRsCarlton A. Chase (Fordham University), Art-as-site: meaning-making in the ‘now’ of ‘liquidFrank Bosman (Universiteit van Tilburg), To Play as God. Video Games as a Locus TheologicusAntje Roggenkamp (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), The Calling Character of Things in Religious and Profane Spaces Niels den Toom (Universiteit van Tilburg), Navigating the Worldview Map. The Possibilities of Chaplaincy as a Postsecular Space Aurelio D’Amore (Università di Palermo), The Religious Significance of Fantastic Narratives in Late ModernityTomasz Laskowski (University of Warsaw), Atheist approaching Christianity. A Cultural Theory of Religion Perspective
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