Religious Meaning in a Secular World

This course examines the presence of religious meaning in a secular world. In doing so, the course discusses the realities that threaten modern belief, such as secularism, plurality and human suffer- ing. In appraising these challenges to modern religious belief, this course makes available certain theological resources available to theology, such as prayer, so as to devise a theological response to religious meaning in a secular world. Johann Baptist Metz is a prominent interlocutor in this course, given his significant contribution in developing political theology that addresses questions of religious meaning in a secular world.