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Religion in the 21st Century
Author(s) -
Iversen Hans Raun
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2004.00185.x
Subject(s) - secular state , neglect , politics , relation (database) , position (finance) , secularism , secular education , political science , religious studies , sociology , law , philosophy , psychology , finance , database , psychiatry , computer science , economics
: The secular minded element of society is actually the minority. However, this minority are often the ones running our politics. Because of this, Christians, especially in Europe, seem to think it pertinent to ally with them. But Christians in the West—because they forget about being Christians and neglect the great majority of Christians in the less secular‐minded South—run the risk of enforcing the hate many Muslims have for the West. Like the Christians of the Southern Hemisphere, such Muslims are not and will most likely never be as secular minded as European “Christians” tend to be. An interdisciplinary research program at University of Copenhagen ( Religion in the 21 st Century ) hopes to address these crucial issues. As a research area of priority this initiative will contribute to a better understanding of the position of the 90 percent religious‐minded in relation to the 10 percent secular‐minded in the world today.