Religion in the Modern Context
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"...the secularization thesis – that secularization and the decline of religion inevitably come with modernization – was increasingly seen as Eurocentric and inaccurate in dealing with many non-Western parts of the world..."
Key Terms
- Enlightenment
- Secularization Thesis
- First Vatican Council
- Pentecostalism
- Pilgrimage
- Civil Rights movements (US)
- Wahabism
- Anti-Semitism
- Holocaust
- ZIonists
Guided Viewing Questions
- What is the secularization thesis? What are some of its limitations?
- What are some examples of how world religions have adapted to modernity and even thrived in the modern era?
- What are some examples of how religion influenced social and political movements across the world after 1945?