Love, Religion, and Secularity

IF 0.4 0 PHILOSOPHY Secular Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-29 DOI:10.1163/25892525-bja10020
B. Beit-Hallahmi
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McCaffree's challenge to traditional definitions of religion, and his suggestion that religiosity is about individual integration into a moral community are discussed. This is taken as an opportunity to examine difficulties in defining religion, and attempts to go around the definition issues by offering analogies. Religious emotion, as discussed by William James and Emile Durkheim, is found to be no different than strong emotions directed at our secular commitments. Devotion, and self-sacrifice are discussed in both religious and secular context. The denial of death and fantasies about an afterlife are central to religion, and are unlikely to disappear in the foreseeable future.
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爱情、宗教与世俗
讨论了麦卡弗里对传统宗教定义的挑战,以及他提出的宗教虔诚是关于个人融入道德社区的建议。这是一个机会来检查定义宗教的困难,并试图通过提供类比来绕过定义问题。正如威廉·詹姆斯和埃米尔·迪尔凯姆所讨论的那样,宗教情感与针对我们世俗承诺的强烈情感没有什么不同。虔诚和自我牺牲在宗教和世俗语境中都有讨论。否认死亡和对来世的幻想是宗教的核心,在可预见的未来不太可能消失。
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