Are We Now In a Post-Post Christian Pagan Australia?
The redefinition of marriage is a signal of wider cultural changes. Such changes have been developing for the last 50 years, and longer. And yet, the redefinition of marriage is also a ‘landmark’: a place where we can pause, and carefully look around at what is going on in our cultural landscape. As we look around, we can see the rise of a ‘post-post-Christian’ pagan culture. Post-Post Christian Paganism Australia is increasingly becoming a ‘post-post-Christian pagan’ nation. I grew up being told that Western culture was trading on a Christian heritage without appreciating it. That is still true in terms...