Uzroci sekularizacije prema Christopheru Dawsonu

• Authors: Stephen Nikola Bartulica

Title variants

EN

The Causes of Secularization by Christopher Dawson

PL

Uzroci sekularizacije prema Christopheru Dawsonu

• Languages of publication: HR

Abstracts

PL

The article examines the root causes of the secularization of European culture by focusing on the writings of the English historian Christopher Dawson. Dawson’s central argument is that every human culture is based on religion and, thus, European culture on Christianity. He identifies the root causes of secularization to be found in the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation movements, both of which facilitated the emergence of the modern nation-state, but in different ways. The Renaissance marked the coming of a new culture – a new way of life – which had its roots deep in the past and had been developing for centuries in the Mediterranean world. The Protestant Reformation, on the other hand, brought an end to the religious unity which had existed for centuries in Western Europe, and subsequently divided Europe along religious lines. These two movements essentially laid down the foundations of an alternative culture, one often unbeknown to its architects: a culture which was still very much influenced by Christian origins, but would become over time first the rival and later the successor of Christianity.

EN

The article examines the root causes of the secularization of European culture by focusing on the writings of the English historian Christopher Dawson. Dawson’s central argument is that every human culture is based on religion and, thus, European culture on Christianity. He identifies the root causes of secularization to be found in the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation movements, both of which facilitated the emergence of the modern nation-state, but in different ways. The Renaissance marked the coming of a new culture – a new way of life – which had its roots deep in the past and had been developing for centuries in the Mediterranean world. The Protestant Reformation, on the other hand, brought an end to the religious unity which had existed for centuries in Western Europe, and subsequently divided Europe along religious lines. These two movements essentially laid down the foundations of an alternative culture, one often unbeknown to its architects: a culture which was still very much influenced by Christian origins, but would become over time first the rival and later the successor of Christianity.

Keywords

EN

secularization; Renaissance; Protestant Reformation; nation-state; Christianity; culture; religion; secularization; Renaissance; Protestant Reformation; nation-state; Christianity; culture; religion

PL

secularization; Renaissance; Protestant Reformation; nation-state; Christianity; culture; religion

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 10

Dates

published

2016-06-04

Contributors

author

Stephen Nikola Bartulica

• Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište u Zagrebu

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pss.2016.10.26