The decline in meaningful life rituals in our society

Despite the decline in the churches influence, no other institution has evolved to perform this function, so naturally people return to what they, their family and their community know.
What follows is not a statement on orgnised religion or an attempt to define ‘the modern’. It is borne of a love of human culture in general [...]

Decline in Western institutionalised religion does not mean we don’t ‘believe’ anymore

I also don’t believe in the idea that because traditional institutionalised religions are losing their following and their popularity in some parts of the world, such as Ireland, that it is indicative of a way of life losing its spirituality and its sense of something greater than itself.
I think the relative decline in traditional values [...]