Christianity And Secularisation Flashcards
Intro
Secular: concerned with affair of this world, not concerned with religious matters
Guardian: 52% of the public saying no religion
Fewer people attend acts of worship, claim to be religious- political and legal decisions made without religious consideration
Dev. In uk due to the enlightenment - people encouraged to use reason, science and empirical evidence not biblical references
Uk still religious:
Time off school based on Christian calendar
HOL = 26 lord spirituals
Courts = swear on BIble
Uk’s officials religion = Christianity
Challenges of secularisation on Christianity in Britain
Imply two things: Christianity = losing auth. In soc. and secular organisations are taking tradition church roles ( Christ. = failing to persuade people) OR christian moral values and acts. = part of everyone’s thinking - no need for specific religious refs.
Aquinas: human reason grasp certain truths but only as a 1st step - doctrine of scripture = whole truth - saw how religion and rational thought work together to create moral reasoning
Conscience: Protestant reformation - auth of scripture = challenged and idea of interpretation through Ind. con = accepted - challenged universal truth and not confirming to national religion
19th century: ppl saw faith as personal commitment
Leudwig feuerbach: German philosopher alongside Marx and Freud = detractors of religion = dangerous illusion and projection of aspects of humankind
Matter of cultivating sense of self within world in wat thats human and finding peace with god
‘Religion is the dream of humankind’ - feuerbach
Humanism
The belief ppl. Can live a good life w/out religious beliefs
‘Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself’
Put humans and other living things @ centre of moral outlook, world is natural so look at science and reason to make sense of it
