On the evening of 23 June in Berlin, Germany’s highest officer of the Protestant churches condemned the current “rhetoric of crisis” prevalent in European politics and society.
“The worship of crisis is the idolatry of fatalists. The more crisis there is, the better. Such a crisis idolatry is affecting the mood of society,” said Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, the Bavarian Lutheran bishop who is the current chairperson of the Council of Protestant Churches in Germany (EKD).
“The highs of crisis management are followed by depression in the face of the next crisis,” he told an audience made up of representatives of politics, society and religious communities.
“It is time that we as a country, and yes, as a European continent, agree on the narrative that should carry us forward,” he continued, in referring to the Brexit referendum of the day before.
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[WCC] German bishop condemns rhetoric of crisis in Europe
On the evening of 23 June in Berlin, Germany’s highest officer of the Protestant churches condemned the current “rhetoric of crisis” prevalent in European politics and society.
“The worship of crisis is the idolatry of fatalists. The more crisis there is, the better. Such a crisis idolatry is affecting the mood of society,” said Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, the Bavarian Lutheran bishop who is the current chairperson of the Council of Protestant Churches in Germany (EKD).
“The highs of crisis management are followed by depression in the face of the next crisis,” he told an audience made up of representatives of politics, society and religious communities.
“It is time that we as a country, and yes, as a European continent, agree on the narrative that should carry us forward,” he continued, in referring to the Brexit referendum of the day before.
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