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Secularization: Secularization or the separation of church and state is the legal and philosophical principle that maintains a distinction between religious institutions and governmental entities. It ensures that the state does not favor or endorse any particular religion. See also Religion, religious belief, Christian Church, Impartiality, Society, State, Society, Institutions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Talcott Parsons on Secularization - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas IV 428 Secularization/Parsons/Habermas: the concept of secularization is linked to the generalization of values that is emerging at the level of the general system of action. Parsons does not understand the secularization of religious values and ideas as the loss of their obligatory character: as religious ethics takes root in the world, the moral-practical contents Habermas IV 429 are not uprooted. >Values, >Norms, >Duties, >Ethics, >Morals. Secularized value orientations do not necessarily detach themselves from their religious ground; more typical is the confessionalization of a belief that at the same time exercises tolerance and which fits ecumenically into the circle of all other confessions.(1) Habermas IV 430 For Parsons, the secularization of religious powers means a de-dogmatization that allows the once rival fundamental beliefs of death and life to coexist on the basis of shared fundamental ethical beliefs. >Society, >Community, >Tolerance. 1. T. Parsons, Belief, Unbelief and Disbelief, in: T. Parsons, Action Theory and the Human Condition, NY 1978, S., 240._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
ParCh I Ch. Parsons Philosophy of Mathematics in the Twentieth Century: Selected Essays Cambridge 2014 ParTa I T. Parsons The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1 1967 ParTe I Ter. Parsons Indeterminate Identity: Metaphysics and Semantics 2000 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |