世俗化进程与后宗教时代的来临

相对于宗教主权的时代,现时代无疑已进入后宗教时代.世俗化的不断推进,使宗教时代得以终结,它还继续深化,成为后宗教时代的社会基础.后宗教时代的到来,在内在逻辑上可以归因于宗教的自我否定.其中,世俗化进程是最为主要的原因,此外还有宗教自身的一些其他原因.只有在后宗教时代,真正的宗教研究才成为可能.

Progress of Secularization and Arrival of Post-Religion Times

Comparing to the religion ruling times, the current times is no doubt the post-religion times. With the carrying of secularization, the religion ruling times came to an end, but it keeps evolving to the social basis of the post-religion times. From the point of inner logic, the arrival of post-religion times results from the self-denial of religions. Secularization is the major cause, and there are some other causes from the religions themselves. Only in the post-religion times is it possible to conduct real religion study.