Culture And The Death Of God Apr 2026

: The decline of divine authority paved the way for worldviews emphasizing human agency, reason, and ethics independent of a deity. 2. The Search for Surrogates

: Paradoxically, Western capitalism has spawned both secularism and religious fundamentalism. Fundamentalism persists as it fulfills emotional and spiritual needs that shallow secular lives may fail to meet. Culture and the death of God

A central finding in Eagleton's work, reviewed by The Guardian and Publishers Weekly , is that culture has largely failed to replace religion. : The decline of divine authority paved the