Secularization, Confessional Ideology, and Society
Secularization, Confessional Ideology, and Society
Author(s): Mădălin Vasile TăutSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: secular society; Christian confession; desacralization; state; capitalist ethics
Summary/Abstract: Social life is the keystone of the existence of a human and a people and, by extension, of an entire civilization. In this essay I will try to present the way in which religious affiliation has influenced the historical evolution of society and interpersonal relationships. Therefore, after analyzing the relationship between the Christian denomination and the capitalist economy in the context of the secularization process facing the peoples of Europe, I will present the consequences of the desacralization of the world for the spiritual health of modern humans and the consequent sociological implications which tend to create faults in the contemporary world. Communion is replaced by separation, solidarity by individualism, and the inner emotional balance of human beings is jeopardized by the spiritual chaos that seems to condemn the whole society to loneliness and disintegration.
Journal: Roczniki Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 68/2021
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 91-106
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English