Module On The Secularization of Learning & Education
The document discusses the process of secularization where societies transition from close affiliation with religion to non-religious values and secular institutions. It describes how the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther eroded the power of the Catholic Church and challenged the infallibility of the Pope. Additionally, the Enlightenment emphasized rationalism and separated religious and academic spheres, with universities favoring secular subjects over religious traditions to more efficiently produce competent workers.
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Module On The Secularization of Learning & Education
The document discusses the process of secularization where societies transition from close affiliation with religion to non-religious values and secular institutions. It describes how the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther eroded the power of the Catholic Church and challenged the infallibility of the Pope. Additionally, the Enlightenment emphasized rationalism and separated religious and academic spheres, with universities favoring secular subjects over religious traditions to more efficiently produce competent workers.
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Secularization is the transformation of a society from
close identification and affiliation with religious values
and institutions toward nonreligious values and secular institutions.
Secularization refers to the historical process in which
religion loses social and cultural significance In secularized societies faith lacks cultural authority, and religious organizations have little social power.
The protestant movement led by Martin
Luther eroded the power of the Roman Catholic Church and it challenged the infallibility of the Pope
There was an enlightenment that was largely a cultural
movement, emphasizing rationalism as well as political and economic theories Rationalization means that social life is more and more subjected to calculation and prediction, it is also the replacement of traditions, values and emotions as motivators for behavior in society. Another element of rationalization is the separation between different social spheres, especially between the Church and the universities.
Church society rely on religious traditions and the
Bible to explain everything, compare to universal society which more rely on regularities established by modern science. Secular subjects or subjects dealing with natural world proliferated in the universities.
universities were greatly favored by many as it teaches
students efficiently and produces efficient and competent workers that has given us a lot of benefits.