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To argue whether or not secularisation is occurring, or has occurred, in our society today one must first define religion itself, then define secularisation- how influential is it now, compared to that of the past, and finally define it's significance.
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Secularisation "Secularisation is the process whereby religious thinking, practises and institutions lose social significance." Suggested by Brian Wilson (1966). To argue whether or not secularisation is occurring, or has occurred, in our society today one must first define religion itself, then define secularisation- how influential is it now, compared to that of the past, and finally define it's significance. Religion- definition Religion is, or was, one of the essential elements of a society, as well as politics, economics and education. It teaches the main principles of living and behaving. Religion imposes meaning and order in a world of chaos and uncertainty. Religion was created by humans to explain the environment and to make the framework of a society, producing authorities and a legitimation system. I think that religion diversifies death: it conceals an element of life, which we as human beings cannot resist to dread and to fear, religion blinds...
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