Not that long ago, most people truly believed that watching over them was an all-knowing deity who was privy to their innermost thoughts and kept track of everything they did down here on earth. Though in Western countries sceptics have succeeded in reducing the power and influence of the priesthood who assured them a benevolent God was looking after them, most men and women feel uncomfortable with the idea that life has no meaning and it is useless to seek one. As far as they are concerned, what some – channelling Blaise Pascal – call “the god-shaped hole” has to be filled with something that is at least credible.
This presumably is why in some parts of the Western world there are signs that Christianity is enjoying a modest revival, with pews that until recently had remained empty being occupied by young people looking for a system of values that is more meaningful, less evanescent, than the largely hedonistic or consumerist ones that are typical of modern societies.
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