This section of the chapter is about religion and global modernity. It
was interesting to read that there are people that really thought religion
would die out because of the rise of scientific vulture, especially with
religion being such an important aspect of life all throughout so much of our
history.
Fundamentalism is also discussed in this section of the chapter and is
something I have trouble grasping. With
the rise of scientific culture I can understand people being stubborn, but it
makes more sense to me that there were churches that adjusted to the change
rather than going to the extremes that fundamentalists did trying to control
politics. Maybe it’s the liberal in me but I largely believe church and state
should be separate and we already struggle with that. I would not want to live
in the places where fundamentalism took over or continues to attempt to take
over.
It’s also always nice to read about the good that churches do in times
of need and change, such as “agitating for debt relief for poor countries”,
having many churches join up to explore ways to confront many of the worlds
issues, and much more that I can appreciate.
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