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Restoring Social Trust
From Populism to Synodality
Theological Studies, 2023
Social trust has been compromised locally, nationally, and globally, and very recently more and more social scientists, ethicists, theologians, and civic leaders have highlighted its necessity for the function of social
Subject: Religion, Ethics, Social Trust, Theology.
Social Trust and the Ethics of Our Institutions
Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 2022
Social trust is the basic resource for our institutions and is notably maintained by leaders who have what I call a vulnerable style and a vigilant capacity to recognize ethical challenges on the horizon. The essay follows five steps: a meditation on social trust, an introduction to the notion of style, and a proposal for a vulnerable style so as to become collectively capacious for recognition. Then it turns to the two institutions under examination at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE): the church and the academy.
Subject: Religion, Ethics, Social Trust, Theology.
Inspiring Trust
Church Communications and Organizational Vulnerability
Edusc, 2021
Cultural and social changes, together with scandals and the incoherence of some groups, led citizens to evaluate organisations more rigorously than ever before. Since then, a culture of suspicion towards political parties, financial institutions, trade unions, the media and also - of course - the Church, has been the norm. This book contains a collection of articles by a variety of authors on a central theme: trust. As a background, the current distrust of the Catholic Church is addressed in many cases.
Subject: Religion, Social Trust.