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The Theology of Progress as a Secular Vision of Providentialism
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Christian worldview which dominated Middle Ages was fully deepened in transcendental references. The whole culture: art, architecture, sciences, politics were driven by christian spirit. People believed that their history is ruled by providence. In modernity everything changed, the world become secular. I wanted to depict how the idea of progress replaced providence in explaining history of mankind. I have shown religious character of all the theories progress and pictured its advocates as apostles and followers. So called theology of progress is a symbol of huge transition of people’s worldviews that was caused by great success of science in explaining nature. As Christianity was main source of ideas in the past, for modern societies such source lies in scientism – a belief that only scientific claims may be sources for our worldviews and rules of social interactions.
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291-304
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2012
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Biblioteka Nauki
2165337
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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_15804_athena_2012_34_15
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