Secular Theology

Running Head : SECULAR THEOLOGY

Secular Theology

The Understanding

Of the Incredible

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S . F . Orin , in an article written for onlyrepublican .com states

Want God ? Certainly . He can be found in the book of global warming where sin (prosperity ) incurs the wrath of a vengeful God (Mother Nature . It must be true , but because we deserve it

The devil ? Bush ! Republicans . The right-wingers . And all those damn racists : much like the devil , you can 't see them , but you know they are there . How

else can you explain all the bad things in the world

If your focus is in life requires all your energy , and has your complete devotion , then you have the makings of a god . Secular , by definition , is anti-religious . Theology , on the other hand , is defined as a reasoned discourse concerning religion . Thus we have a conflicting term `secular theology ' Translated loosely this is the reasoning discourse about secular life and the appreciation for it in regards to a belief system which becomes a paradigm in the minds of men

The process of secularization has generally been treated as a calamity or at least as a serious deviation that ought to be arrested . But in his historical survey Bonhoeffer really tries to reclaim the heritage of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment as good , desirable , and necessary to the Christian . The process of secularizing is affirmed , not reluctantly sadly , or for the sake of realism or relevance . The coming of age of the World means the secularization of all life , even the religious life of man , and thus the non-religious interpretation is not just a possible apologetic strategy , it is demanded by intellectual honesty (Hamilton 451

It is possible for man to think himself into any category of life in which he wishes to place himself . This idea has been toyed with by both the common man on the street and Hollywood alike . The idea that man is his own god really secularizes any thought of theology . Peter Fitzpatrick , a law professor at Berkbeck School of Law in London writes a journal concerning the secular theology of human rights . He strategically asks , Is humanity enough

Although there is a latter-day tendency to recruit religious religion in the cause of human rights , or vice versa , the genealogy of human rights is characteristically tied to a secular humanism (Fitzpatrick 32 ' In quoting a reference Fitzpatrick uses in this journal he repeats that It is possible .to talk about human rights .without having some concept of what human beings are like as a species (Fukuyama

Since the beginning of time man has been trying to figure out who he really is . It seems that just as soon as a modern , contemporary thinker comes along to spread his idea of humankind there is the anti-thinker who defends the opposite side of the thought with his very life . Man is innately religious , and while this statement might seem one of a religious nature , it is not as one...