Online Seminar
Spirituality in a Post-Truth Society
André P. DeBattista
In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary chose ‘post-truth’ as its international word of the year. It defined it as an adjective “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. Since then, this phrase has often been used in relation to populist politics. Nonetheless, the same description can be extended to woke trends. Information is now weaponised by different entities in order to manipulate public opinion and political outcomes.
These situations challenge Christians. How can the Christian – who believes that Christ is the “way, the truth, and the life” – live coherently in a world which recognizes no truth, but, rather, a multiplicity of “truths”? How can the Christian witness to the truth in a post-truth age? How should Christians react to populist and woke ideologies? After defining the salient points of the ‘post-truth’ society, this seminar will seek to address some of the above questions.
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Programme
Friday 10 February 2023 – from 06:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m.
Saturday 11 February 2023 — from 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue
Online via Zoom.
How to Register
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Payment
The seminar is being organized free of charge; however, if you wish to donate, you may do so:
(1) via bank transfer to our account [IBAN] MT 28 VALL 2201 3000 0000 400 1797 9621 [beneficiary "Carmelite Institute"]
(2) by cheque addressed to "Carmelite Institute" for amounts greater than €20 (as per directive n. 19 issued by the Central Bank of Malta)
