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What Does It Mean to Live In A Secular Age - Coggle Diagram
What Does It Mean to Live In A Secular Age
Secularism: process by which sectors of society and culture are removed from the domination of a religious institute
“Choice is a good thing in life, and the more of it we have, the happier we are. Authority is inherently suspect; nobody should have the right to tell others what to think or how to behave”
Religion has rules, doctrines and spirituality is what lifts you up (inner feelings; no authority)
We learn to define ourselves with influencers or experiences in our life
Charles Taylor
Being religious is a choice and not believing is a first mode of living and believing is through inspiration
Many people are born into the world of an objective society
Objective world: is not full of religious symbols or elements, people can go their whole life learning that does not include or encountering religion
Indvidual experiences
Self is the highest value
Berger
In order to survive we have to create social worlds (societies)
3 elements of world building
1) externalization: ongoing outpouring of human being into the world
2) objective: curiously unfinished humans built things
3) internalization: all ideas you inherit and in essence you play a role in the world
it is through internalization that man is a product of society
because human beings are aware of things we have, so we have to give our life meaning before the end of it
Both
Political, social, and economics domains have evacuated from god