Religious Literacy: Challenges for Today is the theme of the latest conference organised by the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin.
Pat Coyle of Jesuit Communications Ireland spoke with Dr Fáinche Ryan, about the conference. In her interview, Dr Ryan describes religious illiteracy as ignorance of core religious beliefs, symbols and practices operative within a culture. She says that unfortunately a feature of the culture in Ireland today is the increasing absence of Christian or indeed religious literacy and that this poses a significant challenge for the well-being of Christian churches.
