Depending on your viewpoint, either the space in front of the Abbey is transformed (ugh) to become reflective of sustainability, insect-eating, eugenics,etc; that soars above and replaces an outmoded and antihuman Judaeo-Christian tradition.
Or, the meme is that of a post-Christian land in which all institutions and structures are replaced by pagan, syncretist or just plain wordly ones, and that in response to ungodly political and church leadership who not only fails to discipline its children but helps them throw petrol on the fire to kep warm.