Secularization, Cultural Heritage and the Spirituality of the Secular State : Between Sacredness and Secularization / Euler Renato Westphal, Ralf Koerrenz, Hazel Slinn, Roger Behrens, Mirka Dickel, Norm Friesen, Alexander Lautensach, Euler Renato Westphal

The purpose of this study about theological aspects of culture and social ethics is to investigate the relation between the theological tradition arising from Luther and the cultural immateriality which is culturally expressed in material progress and work. It is necessary to remember that it was Pr...

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Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Culture and education series ; Volume 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Summary:The purpose of this study about theological aspects of culture and social ethics is to investigate the relation between the theological tradition arising from Luther and the cultural immateriality which is culturally expressed in material progress and work. It is necessary to remember that it was Protestant theology itself that enabled this secularization process. Protestantism and modernity with its secularization proposal are processes that condition one another. Paul Tillich calls modernity and secularization the "Protestant Era" in the context of the Western culture of economic progress. It was mainly the theological tradition of the Enlightenment that separated the kingdom of the right from the kingdom of the left, law and gospel, creation and redemption, in such a way that the scope of creation became so autonomous that it dismissed the justification through the work of Christ, the gospel.
ISBN:3657702601
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Euler Renato Westphal, Ralf Koerrenz, Hazel Slinn, Roger Behrens, Mirka Dickel, Norm Friesen, Alexander Lautensach, Euler Renato Westphal