Edward Norman (MHT-056)

Thursday, September 02, 2010



"It can be quite a dangerous thing. . . If the growth of the machinery of the state. . . Is taking place simultaneously with the decaying away of rival and alternative, i.e. in this case religious, competitive ideas about how people ought to be." —Edward Norman Chancellor and writer Edward Norman discusses how the Church of England seems to be espousing ideas from secular and worldly sources and offering them as the true teachings of the Church. Norman, author of Secularisation, says that this reinterpretation of Christianity in terms of secular moral values is modern secularization. He notes that the Church has come to expect other institutions to intervene in its affairs, and that concomitant with this increase of intervention is the idea that material welfare is more important than developing beliefs about life and culture. Norman explains what kind of government this belief encourages. He also describes why this situation is problematic.	Secularisation (Continuum International Publishing, 2001)

	Secularization Government and Morality Philosophy

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