secular religion
A communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical…A communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of religions, such as dogma, ideology, martyrdom for a cause, tribalism, demonization of outsiders, dichotomization of humans into the righteous versus the evildoers (good guys versus bad guys), and so on.
Meaning
1 sensesA communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of religions, such as dogma, ideology, martyrdom for a cause, tribalism, demonization of outsiders, dichotomization of humans into the righteous versus the evildoers (good guys versus bad guys), and so on.
Fascism and communism are often described as secular religions.
Her theory posits that secular religions will rush in to fill the cultural void left by the decline of religiosity.
Forms
plural: secular religions| Singular | secular religion |
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