What is the underlying message of Easter for a consumer society like ours?
Jörg Stolz: I don’t agree that we live in a purely consumer society. We live in a late modern age, where the different elements of society are highly differentiated and where individuals can set themselves apart as never before. This means there aren’t just more opportunities to consume, but also more opportunities to experience new feelings and discover spirituality. So people can still relate today to the deeper meaning of Easter. But sociologically, we have seen that the Christian Easter message [of forgiveness of sins and new life] has lost some of its strength compared with the message of other religions.
