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- Title
Thoughts on Religion, Culture, and Civilization.
- Authors
Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten
- Abstract
I attempt to disentangle the compact knot composed of culture, religion, and civilization. Often the difference between secularists and believers is construed along the lines of a religious "culture" unable to join a more progressive civilization. The identification of culture with religion and of civilization with more general, civic phenomena summarized under the heading of civilization is widespread. I analyze different points of view, which classify "Secularism as Civilization," "Civilization as Evil," or "Religion as Evil." I also consider the converse point of view, which sees religion as a sort of civilization that is opposed to culture.
- Subjects
CULTURE; RELIGION; CIVILIZATION; SECULARISM; RELIGIOUS adherents
- Publication
Comparative Civilizations Review, 2014, Issue 71, p17
- ISSN
0733-4540
- Publication type
Article