In this contribution we are reflecting on (broad and ecumenical) religious life today and its pastoral significance for contemporary people and society. I am asked to reflect especially on religious life as living in God’s creation. I will give some thoughts and rough outlines about the light creation faith can shed on recent developments within the agricultural sector. I will support my argument with two actual examples.
This contribution is structured as follows. In the first section, I will sketch recent developments in the Dutch agricultural sector. In the second, I will reflect on a concept of creation faith set forth by Edward Schillebeeckx and especially by Jonathan Sacks. Section three highlights two actual examples: one in the mining sector in South Africa and one in the agricultural sector in the Netherlands. Section four raises some questions about religious self-understanding in relation to social involvement. In the last section I will offer some concluding remarks.
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