Saurabh SharmaAIR 23 · CSE 2023 · 184 wordsTheir whole copy
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Secularisation refers to decline of religion from public as well as private lives. As a phenomenon it was predicted by early evolutionary theories like:
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- Comte : Theological → Metaphysical → Positivist
- Spencer : science will become modern religion
- Weber : increasing rationalization of society.
Bryan Wilson has described the process of secularization through (1) Declining attendance in institutional religious practices such as church. (2) Decreasing influence of religion in other forms of social life. eg. segregation of religion and state (3) Pluralism : diluting monopolistic control of religion.
(4) Indivalisation : people seeking their own way out
Popularisation of scientific ideas
as started by Renaissance's colour and grown by different phases of industral revolution has led to decline in role of religion:
(1) Science offering alternate explanation to questions which earlier religion catered to eg Population control.
(2) Science coming as a solution to numerous challenges for which earlier religion was awed eg Drought Resilient agriculture.
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However as Einstein described 'science without religion is blind; religion without science is lame' as evident in rising sects and cults and growing religious revivalism.