Moderately Religious: believing in a secular world
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The churches are empty, but the questions remain

Kerken lopen leeg

The churches are empty, but the questions people once went to church for remain: what is a good life, how do I deal with guilt, loss and death, and what can I hope for? Science explains how the world works, not what to do with it. These enduring questions can be read as a human invention or as a reference to a source outside ourselves. I choose the second, and explain...

Fewer believers, but louder and more aware

Religieuze heropleving bij Gen Z

Is Gen Z returning to church en masse? The figures show not, but there is something else going on. There is no question of a mass revival, but of a reinterpretation: the group of young believers is smaller, but experiences their faith much more consciously, more individually and more visibly in society. This makes faith step by step a normal topic in public conversation again.

Moderately Religious: believing in a secular world