1. Secularization and Religious Rebirth.
- Author
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MARIŞ, ŞTEFAN
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SECULARIZATION , *REINCARNATION , *DEBATE , *RELIGIOUS institutions , *RELIGION - Abstract
The majority of nowadays researchers of the religious phenomenon agree that, in the long run, the traditional church has known a decline in the majority of western countries. The key concept used when these changes are analyzed is secularization. Still, in this debate there are sufficient arguments that could either support or deny secularization. Nevertheless it seems sufficiently evident that secularization as a concept is more useful in explaining the changes that appear inside nowadays traditional church supporting both the decline of its power and influence as well as the processes of internal secularization. The modernizing forces extant on the level of the entire society are present (or act) inside many traditional religious institutions. The modern world's religions, beyond the dispute concerning certain concepts, should be analyzed outside the background marked by rapid changes, instability, and diversity. Even if the traditional forms of religion are losing from their power, religion still remains an important force in our social world. The interest for religion both in its traditional and recent forms seems to last. Religion offers to many people answers to complex questions about life and fate, questions that reason cannot explain satisfactorily. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2018