Modern secular ideologies are secularized extensions of Christian universalism.

Evidence

Until recently, changes of religious culture have always proceeded in the following way: a certain form of religious life, originally fully adequate in its strengths and essential characteristics, gradually rigidifies in superficialties and narrow specialization. It is displaced by a newly rising form in which religious impulses can flow, dynamically and without impediment. In other words, a new religious form, a new series of beliefs took the place of an outmoded one. For a relatively large number of people today, the supernatural objects of religious belief have been radically excised; their religious impulse, however, has not thereby been eliminated. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern classification of cultures secularized earlier religious structures; Secular welfare states displaced religion by replicating its cooperative functions; Strong secular institutions substitute for and undermine belief in God (+6 more)

Related

• Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised (similarity 0.88)
• The religious-versus-secular millennialism dichotomy no longer holds. (similarity 0.81)
• The secular is conceptually dependent on the idea of religion. (similarity 0.80)
• Strong secular institutions substitute for and undermine belief in God (similarity 0.80)
• A non-religious impulse within religion can destroy its own forms (similarity 0.80)
• The narrative of progress from religious to secular is now untenable (similarity 0.79)
• The religious and secular are not essentially fixed categories. (similarity 0.79)
• Secularism is not a neutral doctrine but a modern construct redefining religion and politics (similarity 0.79)
• Secularism collapsed the medieval Christian cosmos into an ontological duality (similarity 0.79)
• Modern classification of cultures secularized earlier religious structures (similarity 0.78)
• The secular cannot be conceived without the category of religion. (similarity 0.78)
• Religion’s resurgence reflects political instrumentalization, not personal piety (similarity 0.78)
• Secularism’s Western Christian origin does not limit its modern global applicability. (similarity 0.78)
• The secular is a contingent doctrine, not an emancipation from religion (similarity 0.78)
• Strong secular welfare institutions make religion socially unnecessary. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Modern classification of cultures secularized earlier religious structures #corroborates (0.90)
• Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised #corroborates (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864
• Secularization transferred religious aura to art and literature. #exemplifies (0.82)
• Secular welfare states displaced religion by replicating its cooperative functions #exemplifies (0.78)
• Strong secular institutions substitute for and undermine belief in God #qualifies (0.75)
• Religious belief withers when governments provide the cooperation religion once supplied. #qualifies (0.75)
• Strong secular welfare institutions make religion socially unnecessary. #qualifies (0.75)
• Secular institutions replace religion as the main motivator of prosocial behavior. #qualifies (0.75)