Confronting the Ideology Behind the Post-Truth Phenomenon: Outlining a Public Theology of Ultimate Concern

Abstract The neologism ‘post-truth’ was declared to be ‘the word of the year’ in 2016 by the Oxford Dictionary. It came to prominence in the presidential election of that year in the United States and during the Brexit referendum. It represents the eclipse of a sense of shared objective truths and h...

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Main Author: Ho, Ben Siu-pun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 533-553
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B post-truth politics
B alternative facts
B Ideology
B Fake News
B Paul Tillich
B Ultimate Concern
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