Religious Literacy

Posted on 12. Dec, 2019, in Christian Values, Church Teachings, CommunityComments Off on Religious Literacy

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Dr Fainche Ryan is the director of the Loyola Institute in TCD Dublin, and she is organising a conference on “Religious Literacy – Challenges for Today”.

Here she explains to Pat Coyle that religious literacy means knowledge of core religious beliefs, symbols and practices operative within a culture. She adds that many have noted an increasingly lack of ‘Christian literacy’ in Ireland, which she believes creates challenges for the well-being of Christian churches. Dr Ryan also believes that the dangers for wider society might also be of concern, whereby ignorance replaces literacy and a space is created where fundamental misunderstandings will occur.