VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Edwin|DATE|1360962216|CONTENT|Perhaps some clear thinking might help our digestions after dinner/supper/tea. I cannot be bothered to look up what Missiology is.
Note the bit at the end of the extract that us, and by that I mean me, 60ish hostiles to religion won&#039;t discuss or provide a &quot;space&quot; for religion.

Posted on the Other Place (National Secular Society)

Is Europe secular or Christian?
 
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:52 by Revd Dr Darrell Jackson
 
By Revd Dr Darrell Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Missiology, Morling College, Sydney.

From the EVS data we have identified a markedly irreligious generation of 50-69 year olds, best characterised as &#039;ideologically hostile&#039; to religiosity. This generation is now beginning to retire from influential roles in the media, politics, education, and the arts. The havoc that these &#039;lost generations&#039; have wreaked – in constructing a narrative of hard secularism – may finally be waning. In contrast there is some evidence to suggest that the current generation of 20-29 year olds is less hostile to religion and religiosity, a generation that is best characterised as &#039;benignly indifferent&#039;. This more &#039;open generation&#039; may prove to be more amenable to creating the space necessary for a discussion of religion and religiosity within the media, politics, education, and the arts.|EMAIL|aeduin@aol.com|IP-ADDRESS|92.6.73.82|MODERATIONFLAG|