HIST 1003 : Definition And Significance For Exam #2
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In short, just about every aspect of western civilization was created or. The age of enlightenment brought about transformation in people"s religious influenced in some manner by the enlightenment. It brought forth factors of human life that are most associated with western civilization like individual or human rights, secularism, capitalism, rationality, technical and societal innovation. These factors gave rise to technical superiority, military prowess and modern centralized bureaucracy state structure. beliefs. In the previous years, questions of theological dogma and church organization had been the main focus of the scholar interest. The enlightenment writers shifted attention away from religious questions to the secular study of society and an individual"s role in the society. The enlightenment critics" insistence on reform in the church led to criticism of organized religion, both catholicism and. The church was criticized mainly because it exercised enormous power in society; for instance, the peasants had to pay taxes to church, and the.
