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How do we live in the light of all we have discovered?

New Age - Pomo Religion

What does postmoidern religion look like?

Postmodernity



Glossary:

Postmodernity: The culture, characterised by the refuswal to acknowledge any metanarrative, which followed after the gradual crumbling of the Modernist narrative.

Postmodernism: The movement within the arts which reflected the values and beliefs of postmodernity.

Glossary:

Feuerbach, Ludwig (1804–1872) - German philosopher who claimed that the human race had replaced God as supreme.

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900) - German philospher who claimed that only a special breed of humans, the 'superman',  with the 'will to power', were worthy of replacing the God who had been killed by science.

Marx, Karl (1818-1883) - founder of Marxism which evolved into Communism, the belief that the collective was more important than the individuals from which it was made up.

Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) - leader of the Nazi party which sought to purify the human race and create a master breed worthy of existence.

Glossary:
Descartes, Rene - French philosopher, 1596–1650

Cartesian Dualism - the belief, originated by Descartes, that the physical world and the world of thoughts, emotions and faith were two completely different worlds.

Enlightenment - A movement in the 17-18th centuries in Europe which saw the human race as emerging from the dark ages and making significant progress in the world of science. thus enabling human flourishing and happiness. Human reason became the most important thing, with evidence gained from the five senses as the only reliable guide.

Modernism - The culture which emerged from the Enlightenment, in which human reason reigned supreme.

Materialism - the Modernist belief that only the physical is real and has value.

Rationalism - the Modernist belief that only the provable and logical is reliable.

Psychology of Religion - the branch of science which studied the enduring phenomenon of religious belief, and sought to explain it in scientific terms.

Scientism - the worship of Science as the all-powerful god.