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'The problem is that the life that is led by most men and women in present-day society is so hard, so intolerable, or at least so meaningless, that the idea of a life after death seems the only way to invest it with any meaning' (Woods, 2001).... This essay "British Secularization: Observation on Religion Itself" focuses on secularization which is caused by the ascendancy of institutions that perform the roles of religion combined with the increasing irrelevancy of religion as wealth increases and worldly satisfaction can be found....
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From the Neolithic monuments to the medieval monasteries and the modern institution of the Catholic church, there are visible traces on the Irish landscape that testify to this historical preoccupation with organised religious beliefs and practices.... From the Neolithic monuments to the medieval monasteries and the modern institution of the Catholic church, there are visible traces on the Irish landscape that testify to this historical preoccupation with organised religious beliefs and practices....
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In light of the increasing secularisation of society, the question begs: Must liturgy adapt to the culture or vice versa?... The idea of this paper "Relationship between Liturgy and Culture " emerged from the author's interest in what the relationship is or should be between liturgy and culture – and how this work out in practice i....
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On the one hand, the visibility, power, and clearly religious identity of the Roman Catholic church provided a concrete institutional model served the religion positively.... Particularly in situations where men and women are to be considered to share equal amenities, from Protestants to Evangelism, every religion has left a doubt on women's image, which has misguided the society to some extent....
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"In What Ways Did the Oxford Movement Influence Anglicanism" paper argues that the Oxford Movement was instrumental in numerous changes within the Anglican church.... The effects of the Oxford Movement, in worship and religious thought, can still be seen today in the contemporary Anglican church.... This tract is connected to the other tracts by the topics it covers, such as a criticism of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the church of England.... This event created the Oxford Movement as well as the Anglo-Catholic faction within the church of England....
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This paper ''Secularization and Fundamentalist Reactions'' tells that George Bond's article 'The Sarvodaya Movement's Vision of Peace and Dharmic Civic Society,' Danilyn Rutherford's 'Nationalism and Millenarianism in West Papua: Institutional Power, Interpretive Practice, and the Pursuit of Christian Truth' ....
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He related this to a decrease in baptisms, marriages, and attendance in church.... This essay "The Notion of Secularization and Its Development" focuses on the change of religious values attached to people towards being closely identified with secular institutions or civil society....
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To him, he is not interested in church attendances since he does not find it of any significant indication: since he says, people go to church on Sundays and still spend time during the week lying, cheating, hurting animals, etc.... he principal basis of the Secularization thesis as depicted by many social theorists transcends far more than the mere scope of religious authority in church-state issues....
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