ABSTRACT
My essay will probably be the odd-one-out in this Handbook. I am not an academic, and my interest in the subject is that of a practitioner who wants to better understand what is happening and accelerate it. Let it be said I am one of many Christians that are applying gentle but persistent pressure on society and the churches to embrace a postsecular view. I have worked as a volunteer with Emmaus since 1998, and this worldwide solidarity movement together with its inspirational founder, the Abbé Pierre (see Figure 34.1), will provide much of the material for this study.
