CulturalRenewal.ca
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Centre for Cultural Renewal / Centre pour un Renouveau Culturel - Home Page
Description
The Centre for Cultural Renewal is the only institute of its kind in Canada. We exist to do something very important: to explain the importance of religions to culture and the importance of culture to religions. The place and importance of religion is no longer understood or appreciated in our society or in many western societies. At the Centre we know this to be a serious problem and we are here to do something about it. Our work involves people who "think outside the box." Our work is often seen as unique. Consequently, we offer the following as a guide to what we do and why we do it.
In the short time since it began, the Centre has accomplished a great deal. We have applied both our expertise and the experience of many leading thinkers to a variety of issues in Canadian society. Crossing the disciplines from politics, religion, education, the media, arts, philosophy and law, many people have laboured to make our unique project a reality.
Many well-intentioned projects from within religion fail to engage our culture. Either they do not appreciate that religions and culture are necessarily related, or they use a language that does not communicate to those beyond their own communities. Cultures involve different aspects: law, politics, medicine, education, religion, business, science, the arts, media – these and other sectors all engage the central questions of beliefs. Often those involved in contemporary analysis are not aware that they are engaging beliefs. They fail to raise in ways that can be discussed what vision of "the common good" is implied by this or that policy or decision. There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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