Christian higher education in fractured societies: Societal challenges and agapeic wisdom

Govert Joan Buijs*

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-261
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Christianity and Education
Volume27
Issue number3
Early online date30 Sept 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

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Keywords

  • agape/love
  • Christian education
  • societal challenges

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