This week we look at one of the bequests of the shifting social imaginary: direct access society.

As things started to become more 'secular' (relating exclusively to ordinary time), the importance of higher times and therefore those that mediate to these higher times (priests, kings, etc) diminishes. What unfolds is the direct-access citizen-state, and the implications of this are huge.

We cover Taylor Swift, Jesus as a Saviour vs. Jesus as a friend, and a smattering of in-betweens.

Reflection:

-How does my own faith hold the tension of direct and mediated access to God?

References:

-Pages of A Secular Age, Charles Taylor: (207-211)

Website:

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