‘In our secular society, old social forms of solidarity disappear like snow in the sun, without always having to replace them with new ones. The value of the individual is nowadays heavily overvalued and at the same time, the desire increases for strong identity, which is rooted in a historical or religious community. We experience a time of great nostalgia for existential security, but all the roads that lead back to it seem to be blocked for good. For me too, religion has disappeared from my life forever, but the desire for it has continued to this day.‘

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