1. Dialogue with other confessions and, in time, with other religions.
2. Demands of the Enlightenment: freedom of religion and of conscience, freedom of assembly, of speech and of the press.
3. Leading values: “rationality”, “progress”, “nation”.
4. Relativization of Christianity in European guise: instead of a Europe-centered Christian perspective on the world, a multi-centred worldview embracing diverse regions and religions.