Faith Matters || New age of manners required in a disrespectful society

By Bishop Rick Lewes
Updated June 11 2019 - 2:02pm, first published 11:05am
Moral attitude: In the 18th century William Wilberforce embarked upon a campaign of "reformation of manners".
Moral attitude: In the 18th century William Wilberforce embarked upon a campaign of "reformation of manners".

Call me old fashioned but I wonder if we are living in a time when we need to see a return to good old manners. I say this as an observer of an increasingly disrespectful society. Why the increase in disrespect I am unsure. Perhaps the failures of those we should respect has made us so. Could it be our lives have become so consumed by ourselves that we have little time for manners? Is a, so called, time poor culture the problem or a culture of entitlement the cause?

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